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7:27 AM

I want to ask what the rules are for asking for help here, because I have several times been turned down by senior members just because I run Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. It is my understanding from https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases that 16.04 LTS is supported until 2026, so why the refusal to offer help to ...

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Walter Tross

2:07 PM

Hello folks, I found a question of mine translated into Italian (with mistakes), with no reference to the original. To me this doesn't seem to be legal.

Italian: qastack.it/ubuntu/210283/… ; Original: askubuntu.com/questions/210283/…

How do I bring this to the attention of Stackexchange?

What disturbs me most is that, because of the wrong translation, I seem to write nonsense.

Journeyman Geek

2:33 PM

@WalterTross in theory - the post is attributed to you, so there's 'nothing wrong', and SE probably won't do anything I suspect

Walter Tross

don't I surrender my rights to SE when I post something? As for what's wrong, see above.

Journeyman Geek

You're not

stackoverflow.com/help/licensing

The content that's on SE is under one of a few versions of the CC licence

and doing stuff like translating or even republishing content is 'allowed' under that as long as they attribute

there's a link to your question "fronte" and your profile at the bottom of the question

Walter Tross

Thanks, but where's that link to my question? I couldn't find it

ah, “fonte” (you wrote “fronte” which I thought meant “at the beginning”)

“fonte” means “source” in Italian, OK, but it's so small, and so close to an ad – it's ridiculous.

Thanks a lot, anyway

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