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

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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

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

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answered Jan 18 at 13:06 Schmuddi 6,751

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I hereby nominate “The Skeptics Hall of Fame” for the name of the site chatroom

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Should we have a post notice warning against political downvotes?

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modified Jan 17 at 2:18 Oddthinking♦ 125k

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Should we edit old answers to include minor updates?

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modified Jan 16 at 19:04 Community♦ 1

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Applicability of economics, politics, and business tags

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modified Jan 16 at 18:02 Community♦ 1

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Is notability a sufficient (not just a necessary) condition to ask a question here?

discussion notability off-topic scope

answered Jan 14 at 23:53 Oddthinking♦ 125k

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Should we limit [quote] questions?

discussion scope questions quotes

answered Jan 14 at 11:00 Fizz 35.4k

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Why was the veal q removed from HNQ?

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modified Jan 9 at 22:06 Community♦ 1

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Should I ask this question here?

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modified Dec 25 '20 at 4:26 fredsbend♦ 9,461

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Do we need to remind people how the site works when contentious questions about the US election are being asked?

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modified Dec 23 '20 at 4:05 Laurel 17.9k

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How can I reword my question about addiction and fasting such that it no longer triggers people?

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modified Dec 21 '20 at 12:56 Mari-Lou A 905

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If a question may not have much direct research, are answers that infer from related evidence acceptable?

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answered Dec 20 '20 at 22:13 fredsbend♦ 9,461

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Can a/the mod explain why the quadrillion question was removed from HNQ?

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modified Dec 13 '20 at 23:04 fredsbend♦ 9,461

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How to flag question as belonging on another site?

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answered Dec 12 '20 at 14:56 Glorfindel 805

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Can I cite a book?

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modified Nov 21 '20 at 5:40 Community♦ 1

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Why was a chatroom frozen after a remark was made about Australia?

discussion politics

modified Nov 18 '20 at 19:05 F1Krazy 2,353

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What makes a social media post notable enough to be the topic of a question?

discussion notability scope

answered Nov 17 '20 at 14:42 Oddthinking♦ 125k

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Sad to see that all comments have been deleted in an old interesting answer, what policies are there?

discussion moderation comments

answered Nov 14 '20 at 15:12 fredsbend♦ 9,461

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Many StackExchange sites wrongly claim you don't have to register to use them

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answered Nov 12 '20 at 17:44 Oddthinking♦ 125k

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Are very old claims on-topic?

discussion asking-questions off-topic scope

answered Nov 11 '20 at 6:01 fredsbend♦ 9,461

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New poster - getting downvotes but not sure why

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modified Nov 6 '20 at 9:25 quant 883

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How can we better acknowledge events in the Skepticism community?

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answered Oct 28 '20 at 18:01 pipe 941

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Are allegations of infamous crimes off topic for Skeptics?

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modified Oct 28 '20 at 17:37 Robert Columbia 1,743

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Why question about tax rate for top 1% deleted

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modified Oct 22 '20 at 1:29 LangLаngС 35.6k

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Is this valid syntax?

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modified Oct 20 '20 at 12:03 Community♦ 1

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Why do I have a question ban after posting a well reccived question?

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modified Oct 12 '20 at 14:55 fredsbend♦ 9,461

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Incorporate today's SMBC into the site somehow

feature-request site-promotion skepticism

answered Oct 10 '20 at 4:12 fredsbend♦ 9,461

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Why are my questions related to spiritual experiences downvoted?

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modified Sep 29 '20 at 14:52 Giter 10.9k

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What should our SkepticsSE policy be on removal of bounties?

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modified Sep 21 '20 at 14:05 fredsbend♦ 9,461

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I'm really disappointed with the moderation team

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answered Sep 16 '20 at 1:54 Oddthinking♦ 125k

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How to ask a question about alleged widespread SRA such that everyone is happy? [closed]

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modified Sep 15 '20 at 23:47 Giter 10.9k

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Is it worth noting that a “contributor” is pretending to be a character from a TV show?

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modified Sep 15 '20 at 7:00 Oddthinking♦ 125k

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Why do we lose a reputation if we down-vote a not-useful answer to our post?

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modified Sep 13 '20 at 16:40 fredsbend♦ 9,461

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

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modified Sep 10 '20 at 3:04 Community♦ 1

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How should “frame challenges” to claims be handled?

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answered Sep 6 '20 at 23:01 fredsbend♦ 9,461

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Are Sci-Hub links to references in answers welcome?

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modified Sep 4 '20 at 8:26 Schmuddi 6,751

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What does this community consider to be a reasonable amount of time, for a moderator to decide on a simple flag?

discussion moderation flags

asked Sep 3 '20 at 1:08 user1271772 421

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My question is not a duplicate. Can it be reopened?

support specific-question closed-questions

modified Aug 30 '20 at 21:29 Oddthinking♦ 125k

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Style guide: Should bolded/emphasized portions of a long quote be noted as not belonging to the original source?

discussion style-guide

modified Aug 14 '20 at 21:01 fredsbend♦ 9,461

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Is Moderna a pump-and-dump?

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answered Aug 14 '20 at 12:08 Oddthinking♦ 125k

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Correct way to ask questions about claims involving the supernatural or the metaphysical?

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answered Aug 7 '20 at 21:26 Acccumulation 2,083

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Why was this answer converted into a comment?

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answered Jul 28 '20 at 22:24 Oddthinking♦ 125k

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