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24 questions linked to/from Discussion on FAQ Question: What are the attributes of a good answer?
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Are encyclopedias a good source?
Are encyclopedias (e.g. the Encyclopedia Britannica, the World Book Encyclopedia) a good source? Why or why not?
I have read this sentence from here:
References should have credibility in the ...
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High school science and referencing every claim [duplicate]
I'm confused about what references are always required.
This answer was deleted by a moderator (Borror0). It was in reply to this question. I transcribe it for you below.
My confusion is that in ...
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Prepared response to retort that web-pages referenced might be bogus
I have now seen several answer writers produce answers without references, get asked to provide references, only to retort that web-sites are unreliable, and anyone could throw one together to support ...
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Where are the rules?
So apparently this site has some strict rules about answers. As best I can tell they are something like some of these lines:
Answers must include references.
Answers must include citations.
Citations ...
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What is the best answer to an unstudied "pseudo-scientific" claim?
Sorry if this one has been discussed before; if it has, I could not find it (although it is related to several previous discussions.
If we get a question like "Does homeopathy work?", we can ...
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Indexing the "best-practice" meta-questions
I wanted to run an idea up the flag-pole before I implemented it.
I notice I keep coming back to meta to search for links to advise people on best practice for questions and answers.
I had an idea ...
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What sort of sources work on Skeptics Stack Exchange?
Also do ALL sources have to be credible?
For example, there is evidence that may be weak by itself. However, combined with other strong evidence it qualifies.
Should all the weak evidence be removed?...
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Sticky or featured meta-topics
IMO it would be good if ...
What are the attributes of a good question?
What are the attributes of a good answer?
... were more prominent, with some perma-link on the meta front page:
For new users ...
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Is an answer on another SE site a good source for an answer?
This upvoted answer consists entirely of a quote from this Physics.SE answer. While I certainly don't doubt the correctness of the answer, does it meet the Skeptics requirement of providing answers ...