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Questions tagged [ubuntu-wiki]
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What is the difference between the *.ubuntu.com wikis?
I realised I'm a bit confused about something. I have found three separate wikis hosted at ubuntu.com, and I'd like to know their respective purposes and relationships. I have some guesses (see below) but I'd prefer some clear/official/de facto…
lofidevops
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What team do I need to talk to about deleting a page on help.ubuntu.com?
I would like to delete a junky page from help.ubuntu.com, but it seems I do not have access to the page, what team should I talk to to have the page removed?
Jorge Castro
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Very outdated page at wiki.ubuntu.com: What can you do?
I found a very outdated page at wiki.ubuntu.com:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ScreenCasts/Istanbul
The "Istanbul" Screencast software looks dead. The homepage is gone, and not update since 2007.
The wiki page is protected. I can't delete it.
What can I…
guettli
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Editing Ubuntu official documentation pages
Maybe I wasn’t rigorous enough in reading the page, but I can’t edit the Ubuntu Wiki Official Documentation.
I logged in using my UbuntuOne Account and using my Launchpad Account but still I can’t edit the page.
Let us take an example on this…
Santosa Sandy
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Is there a kind of Ubuntu Wiki sitemap or contents index?
I feel the Ubuntu Wiki contains treasures, but I as much feel unable to exploit its contents as much as I would like. What I miss, is a kind of contents index, may be by categories, but a classical sitemap would be largely fine too. Unfortunately,…
Hibou57
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How to give feedback to an immutable page at wiki.ubuntu.com
I want to give feedback to this page since I am missing something.
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuBackports
I have a login for this site, but since the page is immutable, I can't change it.
How can I give feedback if I am missing something an a…
guettli
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How to suggest that a wiki page be deleted?
Possible Duplicate:
What team do I need to talk to about deleting a page on help.ubuntu.com?
Background: There's a video clip on the topic but it isn't clear who is being addressed.
What can a user of Ubuntu do in regard to a wiki page like this…
user25656
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Do I edit the wifi help page on the ubuntu wiki?
I have an Ubuntu one and a launchpad account (I am logged in) but, when I go to here I don't see any way to edit the page.
The thing I wanted to edit was replacing nm-tool with nmcli
lnee
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How to subscribe to all wiki.ubuntu.com page changes
I can subscribe to each wiki.ubuntu.com page individually but some users are notified on each change.
How to add myself to be also notified on each change?
And how to remove?
Im still getting even after removing myself.
Kangarooo
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What steps should I take when I find wrong information in the Ubuntu wiki pages?
I sometimes end up in a Ubuntu wiki page when looking for information. Most of the times that information is a bit out dated, which is fine, others its mostly wrong or does not reflect the actuality.
If I find information on the Ubuntu wiki that is…
Bruno Pereira
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How can I improve an imutable wiki page which has no talk page?
This Ubuntu Wiki page has an issue. Under 'Inspecting the crash dump using crash' it says to add some repos and keys, but after that I still get NO_PUBKEY errors from apt-get update. Where should I go to tell someone who can edit the page about…
Ginger Jesus
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Talk pages (or feedback forms) at Ubuntu wikis
We don’t see either (or any form of per-page feedback) at wiki.ubuntu.com and community.ubuntu.com. Where should a (prospective) author go to coordinate their edits with other authors?
Incnis Mrsi
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Is the Ubuntu community wiki entry on RootSudo current?
Note: This has been resolved. The source isn't current for my purposes, so I'm dismissing it.
I was looking for a source about the superuser and came across this entry from the community wiki.
The entry has the following disclaimer at the…
user1200336
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How can I install .deb files that look like a sealed box in the file folder to install on my ubuntu 16.04 lts desktop
i have successfully downloaded a file, but the file does not open when in the folder, these are all .deb files and the icon is like a sealed box,
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How do I unsubscribe from a post on ubuntu wiki?
I want to unsubscribe from a post on Ubuntu's wiki: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/. I can't find how to do that (I found this: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/HelpOnSubscribing but is does not seem to apply).
sup
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