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2020 Moderator Election - Question Collection

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2020 Community Moderator Election

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Standard comment situations: suggestions for close votes and down votes

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Is it appropriate to ask a question based on a bunch of other History SE questions?

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Question precision: Appropriate to ask for at least one element from a finite list?

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Help me make this question more focused: US government revenue breakdown

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How is History SE not like Skeptics SE? How to best parse this phrase?

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Why can't I award a bounty of less than 200 on this question?

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What is not in scope?

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Why was “Did German submarines communicate with allied convoys during battle?” open and upvoted?

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FAQ: History:Stack Exchange

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Why were these three questions migrated, then closed? [duplicate]

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Why can't I ask a question?

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What is tag [roman] for?

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How should we deal with “Identify this item” questions?

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And then there were three

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Poll - how many among the users are “professional” historians?

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Who decides whether a question is “Too basic” and don't you think that is counterproductive?

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Is it allowed to ask why a certain word ended up taking a meaning pretty different from its original one?

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Why is history.SE such a hostile place?

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How do we tell a user to improve the quality of his posts when comments do not suffice and voters torpedo quality by regularly upvoting nonsense?

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Meta-meta Site Policy on History.SE — FAQ

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Tags “building” and “construction”

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Shouldn't we actually give the 'single link' that answers an off-topic “too basic” question?

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Scope and usefulness of questions about computer operating systems and computer hardwares

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Are questions about hypothetical events off topic?

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Tags “Crusades” vs “Crusaders”

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On the continuity of Russia

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Why are so many questions I ask on the “History” Stack Site mysteriously deleted without a trace?

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When comments are flagged, are related comments looked at by moderators?

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Requests for references

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What can be done to improve this answer?

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New wording for our message: “What research have you done?”

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When, if ever, should states of federal countries have their own independent tags?

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What exactly does minimalism in tagging hope to achieve?

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Japanese Period Names

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Are questions about the evolution of religious texts on-topic on History:SE?

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When are tag edits acceptable because the question is mis-tagged?

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Should an explicit policy on using non-English source material in answers be detailed?

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When has and hasn't the UK Parliament's legal sovereignty been subordinate to the electorate's political sovereignty?

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What are good indicators that a question belongs on a different Stack Exchange?

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Should we allow Wikipedia to be referenced as an academic source in answers?

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How skeptical should we be about Wikipedia references?

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How can I make these four questions on topic?

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Are comparison questions acceptable?

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