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Unpinning the accepted answer

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Community Promotion Ads — 2020 [duplicate]

discussion community-ads

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When do we consider questions not useful?

discussion down-votes

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Should there be a question about the collapse of the Twin Towers?

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Can statistics from this site be used to show that conservatives make a majority of fallacious and misleading claims?

discussion bias

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Should there be a question about the UAF WTC7 study?

discussion scope

answered Sep 14 at 17:13 OddthinkingMod 129k

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Reinstatement as a moderator

discussion moderators

modified Sep 9 at 10:38 Mad ScientistMod 39.4k

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Why was the veal q removed from HNQ?

discussion specific-question hnq

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How should we handle claims that are strictly true but generally misleading?

discussion answers

modified Sep 3 at 16:15 Fizz 45.7k

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Those edits from me flooding the feed

discussion editing

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What's the probability that if a POTUS name appears in the question title, it will reach HNQ?

discussion hnq

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Is anecdotal evidence sufficient for answers?

discussion answers

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The "Welcome to New Users" page (linked to from the Tour page) makes Chrome complain that "Your connection is not private"

bug

answered Aug 27 at 5:31 OddthinkingMod 129k

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Is there any policy about revisiting old questions?

discussion exact-duplicates

answered Aug 26 at 21:29 Fizz 45.7k

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Some basic skepticism tips when reading the news, and applying this to answers

discussion answers tips

modified Aug 12 at 10:27 Jerome Viveiros 2,342

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users down vote with bad faith

discussion feature-request bad-user-behavior

answered Aug 11 at 21:18 OddthinkingMod 129k

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Are we ignoring quality problems blissfully if we see a chance to fight some strawmen from 'the other camp'?

discussion questions editing quality hnq

answered Aug 9 at 21:15 OddthinkingMod 129k

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Has there ever been a notable claim that justifies a question that starts with "Has there ever been"?

discussion notability

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Is a private communication from a celebrity notable?

discussion notability scope

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Is a notable discussion/debunking of a claim enough notability to ask a question about the claim itself?

discussion asking-questions

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What was wrong with this edit suggestion?

discussion suggested-edits

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Why is my goverment-whatsapp-eavesdrop question "subjective"?

discussion flags

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Is this question based on a straw man argument?

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Disinformation! Quote taken out of context in Google Snippet

discussion search

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Handling Push Questions

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Closed because it lacks focus. But there's only one question. What to do?

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If a claim is commonly accepted, does questioning it require a notable counter-claim?

discussion notability

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How do I counter inadequacies in answers to my question if more than a comment is needed?

discussion answers

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Way to retract bad edit in review queue?

support editing

answered Apr 8 at 15:12 Laurel 22k

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Are newspapers considered to be notable/reputable sources?

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answered Mar 14 at 14:40 OddthinkingMod 129k

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Does applying basic maths needs a citation from a reputable source?

discussion sources

answered Mar 13 at 16:07 LangLаngС 40.9k

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What is the right way to format a mathematical formula?

discussion formatting

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If I adjust my question this way, would it be on topic?

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Do moderators edit people's questions and answers here?

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Should we have a post notice warning against political downvotes?

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Is this valid syntax?

bug

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May I question the past findings of a tribunal or investigative body?

discussion asking-questions off-topic scope

modified Feb 10 at 3:02 CommunityBot 1

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Why does spam have to "not disclose the author's affiliation"?

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answered Feb 1 at 18:15 fredsbendMod 10.3k

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Is asking "was the typo in the headline on this picture of a news site genuinely made" on-topic?

discussion off-topic scope

modified Jan 29 at 20:54 Giter 11.1k

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Should questions asking to verify a disproportionate statistic be allowed without meeting certain criteria?

discussion asking-questions

answered Jan 28 at 4:31 fredsbendMod 10.3k

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Why are/should questions about the verification process itself be out of scope?

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answered Jan 26 at 0:40 OddthinkingMod 129k

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Should we distinguish between "Did a person make a claim?" and "Is the claim true?"

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2020: a year in moderation

discussion moderation statistics

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What does it take to prove that statement on a data website is notable?

discussion notability

answered Jan 18 at 13:06 Schmuddi 7,862

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Should we edit old answers to include minor updates?

discussion editing

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Applicability of economics, politics, and business tags

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