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My new close reason: “the claim itself is too vague (and unremarkable)”

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What is this site for?

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answered Apr 2 at 7:20 Oddthinking♦ 115k

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Why are such low-quality Covid-19 questions being allowed?

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My question has been closed because of it being duplicate and it isn't

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answered Apr 1 at 5:04 Oddthinking♦ 115k

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Have these COVID-19 questions with thousands of views not been HNQ'd?

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answered Mar 22 at 2:14 Oddthinking♦ 115k

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Does featuring a question regarding propaganda on HNQ help do its work?

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modified Mar 21 at 14:13 Fizz 22.5k

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Does the [COVID-19] tag include related behaviour, such as panic-buying?

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Community Promotion Ads - 2016

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Community Promotion Ads — 2020

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answered Mar 6 at 11:06 Oddthinking♦ 115k

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Political campaigning to influence a presidential election on Skeptics, no one cares?

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answered Feb 27 at 19:16 pipe 850

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Is this valid syntax?

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

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answered Feb 20 at 17:49 Sklivvz 76.3k

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Adding detail to highly-upvoted answer at a later date

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answered Feb 5 at 15:28 Fizz 22.5k

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Handling news questions about current events

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modified Jan 31 at 8:40 Matas Vaitkevicius 872

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how do skeptics respond to skeptics skeptical of the value of the exchange

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answered Jan 30 at 8:13 Oddthinking♦ 115k

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Should we increase the required question length of the quality filter to deal with Holocaust trolling?

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modified Jan 24 at 22:01 Community♦ 1

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Why do I have a -2 rep today for “User was removed”

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How can non-moderators suggest a better duplicate target without flagging?

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2019: a year in moderation

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After what time / at what relational distance is an event history and not current events?

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answered Dec 27 '19 at 8:03 Oddthinking♦ 115k

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Can Stack Exchange do a better job of detecting sockpuppets in this site?

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modified Dec 14 '19 at 0:52 fredsbend 9,271

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Should there be stronger notability criteria for non-public figures?

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Question about a dog collar

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answered Dec 4 '19 at 23:52 Oddthinking♦ 115k

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Questions with context vs. isolating question from context, and conduct

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modified Dec 3 '19 at 15:34 DevSolar 16.2k

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How to answer a question when the process of answering the question would reveal personal details of a semi-private figure?

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modified Nov 27 '19 at 14:04 Oddthinking♦ 115k

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Limited in what I can do to investigate a suspicious question

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modified Nov 24 '19 at 1:35 Andrew Grimm 36.7k

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What should I do if I uncover new evidence on a question that I answered that invalidates my previous answer?

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answered Nov 1 '19 at 16:34 JMac 103

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Why does Google search first display “Are neo-Nazis calling for the murder and torture of Stack Exchange members”?

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answered Oct 28 '19 at 17:10 DenisS 16.7k

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Why are questions about Trump often closed?

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modified Oct 23 '19 at 14:06 DenisS 16.7k

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How to deal with a question where the “notable claim” turned out to be invalid?

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answered Oct 22 '19 at 2:14 Oddthinking♦ 115k

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Rude/abusive comment left on a now-deleted question; what can be done about it?

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answered Oct 18 '19 at 18:07 Laurel 14.6k

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Why is my answer deleted using mod powers because the mod that asked it didn't like it?

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modified Oct 13 '19 at 9:20 Sklivvz 76.3k

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I'm resigning as a moderator

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answered Oct 12 '19 at 2:06 Oddthinking♦ 115k

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Where should quote-hunting questions go?

discussion asking-questions quotes

answered Oct 12 '19 at 1:41 Oddthinking♦ 115k

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Should we follow the international date format standard?

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answered Oct 9 '19 at 1:08 fredsbend 9,271

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Skeptics, News, and Politics

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modified Oct 8 '19 at 15:02 Oddthinking♦ 115k

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Let’s fill [lead-poisoning] full of [lead]!

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answered Oct 5 '19 at 2:41 Oddthinking♦ 115k

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sceptics.stackexchange.com should redirect to the site [duplicate]

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asked Oct 2 '19 at 14:06 Stormblessed 436

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Was there anything wrong with this question about Boris Johnson or its answer?

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modified Sep 30 '19 at 23:43 fredsbend 9,271

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Question about site policy, determined by vote count or chosen answer?

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modified Sep 26 '19 at 2:09 DJClayworth 45.8k

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Deletion threshold for inconclusive answers

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answered Sep 25 '19 at 7:30 Oddthinking♦ 115k

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How notable does a claim need to be?

discussion notability

modified Sep 20 '19 at 16:33 Flimzy 15k

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Should we favor [social-media] tag over individual social media names, like Twitter or Facebook?

discussion tags

answered Sep 6 '19 at 21:41 fredsbend 9,271

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In the spirit of the holidays

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answered Sep 3 '19 at 16:55 Hashim 1,303

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Does trolling count as “rude and abusive”?

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answered Aug 29 '19 at 7:12 Sklivvz 76.3k

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Should the first letters of tag text be capitalized?

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modified Aug 28 '19 at 21:02 Community♦ 1

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Question worded to force ufologists and skeptics to provide the best UFO evidence = downvotes

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answered Aug 19 '19 at 3:01 Oddthinking♦ 115k

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How notable must doubt be?

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modified Jul 30 '19 at 20:58 Oddthinking♦ 115k

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