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Rethinking the question ban algorithm
This is motivated proximally by How can I improve or transfer old off-topic or unsuitable questions that led to a question ban? but also by many other previous meta questions from Q-banned users.
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Which SE sites allow you to ask questions about what the name of an object is?
I saw a mannequin at a clothing store in a department store, but I don't know what type of mannequin it is or the name of the mannequin type.
Which SE sites allow you to ask questions about what the ...
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What exactly are follow-up questions on existing answers and how do they differ from normal questions or comments?
In recent staff posts, it was reported that some users want to ask follow-up questions on existing answers. The topics seems to be specific, technical follow-up questions related to an existing ...
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Should we have the Formatting Sandbox be on the Top Questions list?
A couple days ago, I was looking for some questions to answer. The Formatting Sandbox was on the Top Questions list. Could we not have it there on all sites that have one? It takes up space and doesn'...
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Heuristic about off-topic questions on meta
There are many off-topic questions on meta SE and per-site meta that are supposed to be posted on one of the main sites. This happens everyday on large sites. These questions are (correctly) closed ...
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How can we find out why a certain question is very popular?
My Superuser question has a large number of views - 113K.
Why is that question popular - Can one find out the search engines' keywords people used to find it?
Does Stack Exchange offer users tools to ...
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Is it okay to ask a respondent for their thought process?
Sometimes when I ask questions on math stack exchange, I do receive good answers, but I struggle to see how they came up with that answer. I believe that seeing that thought process would improve my ...
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Editing a deleted question into shape and requesting undeletion via flag
I have been told that it is forbidden to edit after a question has been deleted.
But I have also been told that deletion is "protective" as a chance to edit the question into shape and ...
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Dissociation for migration against the policy for migrations
I had https://biology.stackexchange.com/questions/92297/seboorrheic-dermatitis-fungi-environmental-factors wrongfully migrated against the policy for migration.
It was fine on Biology, on topic, but a ...
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Can I ask and self-answer a question where there's an ongoing investigation into possible/better solutions?
Can I ask and self-answer a question where there's an ongoing investigation into possible/better solutions?
I like the policy of self-answered questions, as it's a good way to document things I ...
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How can I stop receiving downvotes from a question that the community is keeping up? [duplicate]
Recently, I read the help article on bounties. I initially misread the article and asked the following question based on that misunderstanding: Why Manually Award Bounties?
This was obviously an error ...
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What caused the drop in questions in April 2023?
Rerunning this query by starball for new questions and answers posted across the network generated the following graph:
It plots posts by their creation date, and includes deleted posts.
The decline ...
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Is it acceptable to write in memoriam posts on per-site metas for people with strong ties to the site's subject matter?
I was browsing the Science Fiction & Fantasy Meta site, when I saw this 'question.' It is a short in memoriam for the creator of an incredibly popular anime (Dragon Ball Z).
Should such types of ...
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Is it discouraged to use headings in questions?
I am referring to this edit of a question of mine. Basically, all heading markup was removed and some were replaced by bold (**).
Despite being just a cosmetic change, I was wondering what the ...
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What's the benefit of keeping questions around that have negative votes? Isn't it just an embarrassment to the OP?
What's the benefit of keeping questions around that have negative votes? Isn't it just an embarrassment to the OP?
And the OP is discouraged to delete the question if the question has been answered by ...
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