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FAQ: Welcome to New Users

I am a new user here on Skeptics.SE. What do I need to know?
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What is a 'notable' claim?

Throughout the Skeptics.SE site, there are demands for claims to be 'notable'. For example: in Close Reasons, and in several places in the FAQ. 'Notable' isn't a common word and isn't always clear. ...
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If a claim is commonly accepted, does questioning it require a notable counter-claim?

When there is no doubt that a claim exists and is widely accepted/believed is it necessary to find an example of a notable counter-claim to question it? For example, it is widely accepted and ...
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Handling claims that are implied, rather than explicit

If a claim is implied, rather than explicitly stated, is it acceptable to ask about the claim on Skeptics.SE? In the question Is a giant wolffish the result of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear accident? ...
Golden Cuy's user avatar
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FAQ: My question was has been 'closed', what does it mean?

Why are some questions closed? Is it like deletion?
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Change the 'unclear what you're asking' text

After this answer and its subsequent comments, I propose a change to the "Why should this question be closed?" dialog, which is currently as follows: unclear what you're asking Please clarify ...
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What is minimum notability of claims for this site?

Recently there was a question that asked if a certain twitter quote was attributable to Adria Richards. In the comments do that question I raised the question of it was even a notable claim for the ...
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Must every questioned 'notable claim' include a referenced citation with a quote?

FAQ: Welcome to New Users links to How should we enforce notability? in which the accepted answer includes the following: It is not required to have an explicit cite for a claim in questions, ...
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How should we define a question as "too localized"?

Recently there was a question about a quote made by Adria Richards that I objected to on two grounds, one being the notability and the other being (more subtly at first) that the question is too ...
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When is it appropriate to migrate a question to another site?

Our site allows questions about notable claims on almost any topic. It is therefore unsurprising that we need to have a well specified migration policy. What are the conditions under which we should ...
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Is question on whether a public belief is true or false is on topic? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: What is notability and how should we enforce it? Seems like I am not getting it properly. All the good questions, I have seen here, ask about the possibility of some claims (...
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how do skeptics respond to skeptics skeptical of the value of the exchange

Today, I found out about this Skeptics exchange. I was excited to show it to my friend who is undoubtedly a skeptic as I thought to myself, "he has found his people!" However, I have known him for ...
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Should there be stronger notability criteria for non-public figures?

Related questions: Should there be stronger notability criteria for claims about living people? and Claims involving personal information about notable people and Victims of crime In Did a man get ...
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What do I need to do to get this question reopened?

This question of mine was recently closed. I assume it was closed resulting from Shouldn't this be closed unless someone can provide a reference to a notable claim that states drinking extra water ...
enderland's user avatar
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How do we know we're being skeptical enough? (Applied Skepticism and Applied Free-Thinking)

How do we know where to draw the line at skeptics.SE? In other words, what tests can we use to know we are 1) being skeptical enough, as in sufficiently skeptical (a "not too cold, not too hot, but ...
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How about a firm minimum threshold for notability?

This question was originally just idle curiosity, without any reference to a claim being made. I flagged this as non-notable, and 3yahoo answers were added as references to the claim, which seems to ...
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