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My question is marked as duplicate although it was not

I'll elaborate, but I don't want to waste much time on this. Can you prove [any scientific fact]? No, we are not mathematicians. We are not a court of law. We would routinely edit out such ...
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Skeptics Stack Exchange, and its relationship with "Poisoning the Well"

I don't want to waste too much time on this question. I should just say `If you have a complaint about a moderator, use the "Contact" link at the bottom of the page.', and walk away. What ...
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What needs to be done to reinstate my deleted answer?

The other answers are examining specific claims Hersh made about how the operation allegedly happened. Those are claims that can be examined and verified. Your answer boils down to "Hersh is a ...
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What exactly does "Essentially unreferenced" mean when references were provided?

Let me introduce some other Stack Exchanges: https://mathoverflow.net/ https://stats.stackexchange.com/ https://physics.stackexchange.com/ https://law.stackexchange.com/ https://philosophy....
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What exactly does "Essentially unreferenced" mean when references were provided?

If you think a moderator is abusing their powers you need to use the contact button at the bottom of the page to contact stack exchange themselves. When you do this you need to explain what you think ...
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Skeptics Stack Exchange, and its relationship with "Poisoning the Well"

I have deleted your answer now because it is essentially unreferenced. A YouTube video by Stefan Molyneux is not a reliable reference. As Oddthinking explained in his first comment on your answer, if ...
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Reinstatement as a moderator

BE GONE EVIL DEMON. THERE SHALL BE NO MAD SCIENTISTS HERE IN SKEPTICS ANYMORE. J/K welcome back :) we missed you
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Moderator Election - Community Interest Check

I'd be willing to put my name forward for one of the positions. I spend enough time on here as is, and I'd like to think I've been a cooling presence on the network. I'll go along with @fredsbend ...
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What needs to be done to reinstate my deleted answer?

I agree with what Mad Scientist wrote. Additionally, you're also claiming that info about routine Western military flights/operations is not available as OSINT, but that's just your assertion. Even ...
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The question is incorrectly flagged as duplicate despite valid clarifications in my comments

Welcome to Skeptics.SE. I'd recommend having a read of our Welcome to New Users. In particular, this section: Generally, a high-quality Skeptics question will: Point to a statement that someone ...
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Enabling mods to really act as users: make "different hats" more visible?

I was acting as a moderator on that comment, but I screwed up and I apologize to David for that. Here's what happened: David Hammen posted an answer which received a ton of upvotes. Its core point ...
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Why does the "moderators" link deny that user=Sklivvz is a moderator?

A couple of years after this question was posted, the list changed again. Sklivvz is back on the list, but is marked as being "appointed 2/17/2017" (although he was one of the original mods pro tem ...
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