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Eliah Kagan

01:38

All these but the first ("A") need more close votes (or, though I'm not guessing this will happen for these: if anyone thinks any shouldn't be duped, please consider posting here or commenting).

Eliah Kagan

01:49

VTR:

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A: Installing Yaws server on Ubuntu 12.04 (Using a cloud service)

Clive van Hilten posted a comment that provides what may be the best available answer to this question. What he said (with slight modification) was: I know nothing about Yaws, but reading the output above I notice a couple of things: Your docroot is /home/ubuntu/yaws/www/test but Eshell report...

iSeth

02:05

+1 --^

Ringtail

02:16

@EliahKagan most are now closed but still need some votes

jrg

@EliahKagan status-completed

Eliah Kagan

@jrg Many thanks!

@Ringtail Closed but still needed votes? Do you mean they had close votes but needed more to be closed?

Ringtail

Let's dupe all these: A B C D E F G H I J

jrg

i just cleaned those up.

Ringtail

meaning those ^^^^^

@jrg WOW

really

good

jrg

02:24

yeah. just spent a few minutes taking care of them, cleaning up their answers, etc.

Ringtail

most needed closing

a couple of votes away

jrg

right, but i took care of all of them.

so they are status-completed.

GIMME MOAR!

because i'm bored right now.

iSeth

37 mins ago, by Eliah Kagan

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A: Installing Yaws server on Ubuntu 12.04 (Using a cloud service)

Clive van Hilten posted a comment that provides what may be the best available answer to this question. What he said (with slight modification) was: I know nothing about Yaws, but reading the output above I notice a couple of things: Your docroot is /home/ubuntu/yaws/www/test but Eshell report...

VTR

needs one vote

jrg

excellent, done.

iSeth

its an Eliah answer, so you can close your eyes and vote 'cause you know it will be good ;)

Ringtail

02:27

askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/issue <--whats this?

iSeth

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Q: Is *issue a useful tag?

I doubt it very much - so would it be sensible to edit questions with that tag? Should I try to replace it with some other tag or just remove it from the question?

discussion

Ringtail

right.........RID THE TAG

Eliah Kagan

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A: Kubuntu 12.04 no longer associates to wireless networks

A comment provided a good solution, which may well work here (or have worked here). Even if not, it would likely work for others who have this problem and find this question. One thing you might try is to delete the wireless profile for your SSID and recreate it. So go to Kubuntu's KNetwork...

iSeth

+1

Ringtail

+1

askubuntu.com/questions/110142/… abandoned

iSeth

02:33

done

Ringtail

askubuntu.com/a/121313/46312 +1 VTR

iSeth

done

TL askubuntu.com/q/138323/44179

TL askubuntu.com/q/90903/44179

TL askubuntu.com/q/90053/44179

Ringtail

askubuntu.com/q/120951/46312 TL

iSeth

@Ringtail done

Ringtail

done here 2

askubuntu.com/q/77369/46312 TL

askubuntu.com/q/108036/46312 TL

iSeth

02:39

all done

Ringtail

askubuntu.com/a/243675/46312 need 2 VTR CW

iSeth

+1

Ringtail

askubuntu.com/q/22462/46312 TL

iSeth

done

Ringtail

askubuntu.com/q/75125/46312 TL

askubuntu.com/a/160629/46312 +1 VTR

iSeth

02:47

done

jrg

oh, did we decide on what the official "abandoned" closing is?

@EliahKagan?

before i go and uh, ya know, do it wrong for everything i've got open right now.

NARQ, right?

Ringtail

askubuntu.com/a/102171/46312 +1 VTR

@jrg been flagging for mods / should we VTC??

Eliah Kagan

@jrg I've been using too localized and I think that's correct. I've heard both ways. Bruno Pereira's answer on meta addressed issue surrounding when an abandoned question that cannot currently be answered should be closed (raising issues like, is the user still active on the site and thus potentially available to provide more information). I marked his answer as accepted because it rocked, but I'm not sure the "which close reason" part was ever actually answered.

jrg

@EliahKagan ok, so i'll continue using TL until someone gets mad for reals.

as opposed to nice, reasoned debate.

Eliah Kagan

In my opinion, too localized is the better reason because the issue is that the question cannot be answered because the situation no longer facilitates it (the author is gone). In contrast, for a question where information has been requested that is clearly necessary in order for it to be answered, that question doesn't have the necessary content to be answerable, and thus can probably still be closed as NARQ. But that's just my thoughts on the matter.

jrg

02:53

well, considering how the mod team agrees with you 100%, and nobody has said anything to change our minds, we're a go on that.

Eliah Kagan

Should I unaccept here to solicit more answers?

jrg

you can, but it won't get any new answers.

man, i wish i could toss bounties on meta.

this is a perfect situation.

Eliah Kagan

K. However, if an abandoned question ends up getting closed NARQ, and it turns out only TL really applied, it's probably not necessary to do anything more to it.

jrg

right.

Eliah Kagan

@jrg I think I won't bother, then.

jrg

02:55

ok, all clean.

Ringtail

askubuntu.com/q/98936/46312 dupe

jrg

i have 10 minutes, i'm going through all the stuff in /review.

Eliah Kagan

Just to clarify: As far as I know, my opinion on the what-close-reason is not at all different from what Bruno Pereira posted. But I could be misunderstanding; I'd be more comfortable using him as a reference than me.

@jrg Awesome!

Ringtail

askubuntu.com/q/114357/46312 TL

iSeth

@Ringtail all done.

Ringtail

02:57

askubuntu.com/q/80106/46312 TL

jrg

askubuntu.com/review/close/72329 < why OT?

Eliah Kagan

@Ringtail I recommend against using the banner text from too localized (or any other close reason) as a comment to document that a question is abandoned and thus should be closed. It doesn't convey that information...and part of the function of "seems to be abandoned" comments is to document to the OP (if they return) and others how the close-reason applies (as that's sometimes a point of confusion).

iSeth

@jrg I love that question...

jrg

skipping for now.

iSeth

@jrg I would close it as a dupe of the same one the OP posted on SO

that is the best place to ask, though it's on-topic here

jrg

03:01

ok, so OT then.

iSeth

@jrg NO!

jrg

er, TL.

Ringtail

@EliahKagan When using the abandoned I use: This question appears to be abandoned. Unaccepted answer or unanswered, could you perhaps add more detail to your question? If this question no longer applies then you can either delete it or answer it yourself if you've solved the problem. Flagged for closure. Thanks!

jrg

idk, we can't just close as a dupe of something somewhere else...

iSeth

@jrg okay.

Ringtail

03:02

When I say TL i use :
This question is unlikely to help any future visitors; it is only relevant to a small geographic area, a specific moment in time, or an extraordinarily narrow situation that is not generally applicable to the worldwide audience of the internet. For help making this question more broadly applicable, see the FAQ.

Eliah Kagan

@Ringtail You want to close this as TL for some reason other than being abandoned??

jrg

right, you're copy/pasting from the close reason.

which is duplicating information in waayyyy too many places imo.

Ringtail

@EliahKagan I VOTED TO CLOSE it

see the close (1)

iSeth

@jrg I would add a comment telling why it was closed so as not to make people think we don't want those questions.

jrg

right.

Ringtail

03:03

thats mine

Eliah Kagan

@Ringtail Right. But what does that have to do with your comment?

jrg

so what we're saying is that why are you putting the close reason as a comment? Write something specific to the question.

that way, the user knows how to fix it and ask for it to get reopened, as opposed to this stiff, formal sounding comment.

Ringtail

it would be the same comment as if you voted to close as localized.

prefer no comment

jrg

i'd prefer no comment than duplicating the close reason verbatim, yes...

Ringtail

doesnt matter one way or the other to me

perfect

consider it done

jrg

03:06

but we'd be much happier if it was a custom one suited to that question - but that isn't required.

Ringtail

so are we flagging here or voting on closing?

jrg

if you can flag and vote, that'd be great. makes sure it gets done period.

(if the community/moderators agree)

Ringtail

since I have more flags.......makes sense

askubuntu.com/a/156067/46312 VTR

Eliah Kagan

@jrg Should users who have close-votes (and thus not close-flags) ever custom-flag a post to indicate it deserves closure? I only mean in situations where it seems appropriate for a mod to close it (since custom flags don't appear in the 10k flag queue for anyone else to see)--when there are already 3 votes, or the situation is clear and it's unlikely there would be disagreement. Please note, I'm only asking about what 3k+ users should do.

jrg

@EliahKagan sure.

if they feel like custom-flagging, by all means, let them flag.

iSeth

03:16

its CAPTURE THE FLAG! (sorta)

Eliah Kagan

@jrg K, I will consider doing this in moderation. (Ha ha, get it. In moderation. Heh...)

jrg

ha. ha. what you did there? i see it.

ok, cya guys

Eliah Kagan

@jrg later

iSeth

Cya @jrg!

Eliah Kagan

@Ringtail Done. Its score is 2 now.

Ringtail

03:18

tks sir

@EliahKagan rotf

@jrg later

vasa1

10:19

Dupes: askubuntu.com/q/243706/25656 and askubuntu.com/q/243684/25656

Eliah Kagan

10:43

Spam.

Bruno Pereira

@EliahKagan ME SMASH!

Eliah Kagan

@BrunoPereira Thx much.

@BrunoPereira Do you have time to deal with some more spam? If so, every post by this user across the SE network is spam. (3 posts here on AU and 2 on Ask Different where it was apparently not recognized as spam initially, and edited enormously.)

I see that's taken care of (here on AU anyway). Thanks!

Bruno Pereira

11:04

@EliahKagan can you link a post from that user in AD?

Eliah Kagan

@BrunoPereira This post is by that user on Ask Different. (The display name is different but the accounts are linked.) The history shows it started as another spam post advertising them same site, and not answering the question that was asked there either. It was since edited, and should possibly be kept (now it's merely not a very good answer).

This is the user profile. The user has two other SE accounts (not including the just-deleted AU account), but currently there are no posts on the SO and SU accounts. It seems likely that there were in the past and they were removed as spam but not connected to the other related accounts. I don't know that to be the case though.

Bruno Pereira

@EliahKagan moderator from there seems to have accepted it as "just an answer", not going to touch it for now...

thanks for the heads up

Eliah Kagan

@BrunoPereira I don't disagree with keeping the post alive. I do think the user is a spammer...but they can always catch him/her next time. Currently the post is not spam so nothing absolutely has to be done.

Thx for looking into it!

Bruno Pereira

@EliahKagan yeah, just needed his network profile (closed tabs too fast).

Gerhard Burger

A bit frustrated here: What do I do with someone who takes a question, picks the only working answer, then makes a new question (essentially the same) and says he doesn't want to use the only working answer for the other question?

Bruno Pereira

11:18

@GerhardBurger you take a big breath and move along, possibly link here so we can have a look at it?

Gerhard Burger

for reference: the new question askubuntu.com/questions/196177/…

:)

Bruno Pereira

more interested on the old one... :)

Gerhard Burger

ah it is linked in the new one, but here it is: askubuntu.com/questions/39004/…

Bruno Pereira

@GerhardBurger I just edited you answer, can I please move it to the main thread?

Gerhard Burger

You mean the old question?

Yeah sure

Eliah Kagan

17:09

Here's another question that can be closed as a duplicate:

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Q: Restoring grub?

I primarily use Ubuntu 12.10, however I recently installed the beta of Fedora 18 to test it out. Grub was replaced with the "fedora 18 grub" which looks slightly different. How do I restore the version of grub that comes with ubuntu?

12.10 grub2 restore

Of the master GRUB repair question:

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Q: How can I repair grub? (How to get Ubuntu back after installing Windows?)

I installed Windows 7, which ate Ubuntu's boot file. When starting up the computer, it now goes straight to Windows, without giving me the option of booting Ubuntu. How can I get Ubuntu back?

windows grub2 dual-boot

iSeth

done

Eliah Kagan

18:39

Dupe (see comment):

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Q: How can I get Ubuntu to work alongside windows 8?

I'm not really good with computers, so I have no idea what's going on. What I do know is that I absolutely hate Windows 8 and in every desperate attempt, from trying to install windows 2000 to trying to install Ubuntu, all has failed. I downloaded Ubuntu, installed with Wubi, and everytime I try ...

windows

iSeth

done

Eliah Kagan

19:24

Dupe (see comment):

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Q: no icons, no taskbar after i login

i installed Ubuntu 12.10 last night using the windows installer and when i rebooted it started up, got to the login screen, i typed in my password and hit enter and all i have is my mouse and the wallpaper...no icons, task bar or anything. I tried restarting and logging in again and still nothin...

compiz login icons wallpaper taskbar

Aditya

19:56

1

Q: Malformed line in source list

Whenever I use the command sudo apt-get update, it shows up the following errors: E: Malformed line 13 in source list /etc/apt/sources.list (dist parse) E: The list of sources could not be read. The update manager also doesn't open and shows errors. I have pasted my sources.list file in this ...

10.10 apt

This question was closed; but the guy was posting his question as an Answer over here.

So I suggested him to edit his original question and flag for moderator attention to ask if the original question could be reopened. Which he seems to have done now... Did I do the right thing? And does his modification to original question in the present state (Revision 9) suit community's tastes?

Lucio

Please, review this question. The user have solved the problem but didn't mentioned very well the procedure. I think that he found useful and solved the issue with this answer

qbi

NC or TL: askubuntu.com/q/223702/236

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Q: Ubuntu Server 12.04 forked-daapd 5 minute time out issue

I have a server running ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS and I have installed forked-daapd but i am having the issue where forked-daapd stops working after five minutes of use. Has anyone been able to get around this issue? I believe there is a fix for this but I haven't found a way to install that in ubuntu 1...

12.04 server daap

Aditya

20:41

askubuntu.com/q/116040/114818 vtr

iSeth

20:53

@EliahKagan done.

Out of votes so no VTR'ing for me :/

qbi

23:08

TL

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Q: Ubuntu loads directly to terminal

I had some issues with file system but I ran recovery and now it seamed to be fine. But I was stuck at purple loading screen. this was very common error so as one topic suggested I opened /etc/default/grub and deleted quiet splash. Now It loads directly to to terminal. And I do not see any errors...

11.10 boot command-line gui

TL:

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Q: How to set up my wireless connection for the first time

I've just started using Ubuntu , tried to connect to my wireless network it's not shown at the network icon on the upper tab and added the network in the wireless tap, added the ssid yet nothing happened, and the network isn't shown. Went through the help files yet couldn't make it work. I've ...

networking wireless

Mochan

@qbi done

qbi

thx

OT:

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Q: Ubuntu : SSH Tunnel

This is not a typical Ubuntu related issue/question, however I am posting here since I am using Ubuntu. I am provided with a Windows 7 machine at my work place and I run ubuntu on Virual machine. We are provided with a Windows 2003 server which we RDP from our windows7/virtual ubuntu machine and ...

windows ssh windows-7 tunnel

TL:

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Q: ubuntu SERVER voice control?

Is there any app that would allow me to voice control my ubuntu server via mic? Or maybe I could use combination of apps to achieve this effect? Like speech to text, and than link these texts to specific commands? I'm really interested in turning my home into a cool voice controlled environmen...

server

TL:

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Q: can ping, but not SSH

So I have NetworkManager, connected to an AP on wlan1. I have wlan0 connected to a AdHoc network. I have Firestarter sharing my inet on the Adhoc. I have my ipod connected to wlan0, IP 10.42.43.101. wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr ac:xx:12:81:7f:xx inet addr:10.42.43.1 Bcast...

ssh

Lucio

23:56

This question is created by the OP after have no luck with this one. Someone of both should be deleted, also maybe the user should be sanctioned or something..

Eliah Kagan

@Lucio Closed, yes. Sanctioned? It looks like they may just not have realized that they can edit the post that was closed to improve it, then comment and/or flag to request reopening.

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