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Some of my comments that I believe relevant have been deleted

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Does anyone use any offline tools to help compose their answers?

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Why was suggesting the subject of a photograph was a woman criticised as a possible 'insult'?

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Why was this question closed as “off-topic”?

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Merge the [european] tag into [europe]

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Why did my question get a downvote?

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Does a question about “where a people may come from originally” fit to History Stack Exchange?

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Why was this question closed as being “opinion based?”

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Are motives part of history, or is supporting claims about motives too difficult if one wishes to avoid relying upon opinions?

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Are you giving me the silent treatment because of a question I asked?

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What is the policy concerning previously destroyed accounts returning under new names?

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Requests for references

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Would it be on topic to build a castle, question by question? [dupe]

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Would this question be on topic on the main site?

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What should we do with potentially offensive usernames?

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Is it okay if you unfreeze my Speculative History Discussion?

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Why is my question still off topic?

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A Cautionary Tale

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I'm new at History, but why such a fast closing on my questions?

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A modest proposal for flawed questions from new users

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Could we get a tag for the Reconquista?

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Strange choice of related question

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Looking for suggestions for revising a misunderstood question

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Standard comment situations: suggestions for close votes and down votes

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2020: a year in moderation

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Let's ask about Japan

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Are questions that ask “What was the significance of…?” appropriate for this site?

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Illegitimate rollback — the Al-Andalus included territory that is now part of Portugal

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Scope - ye demisse of ye yorne

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Find long-ago-deleted questions that I'm still working on?

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Synonymize/merge [treaty] and [treaties]

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Why are the hyperlinks in my answer not working?

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Undeleting a net-score unpopular but well written, amply referenced, upvoted and accepted quality answer?

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A duplicate question of lower quality with a high-quality answer

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This question was marked as a duplicate. That's OK. But why was it subsequently deleted?

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

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2020 Moderator Election - Results

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2020 Community Moderator Election

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2020 Moderator Election Q&A - Questionnaire

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Can we fix linkage on election page to meta?

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Are questions about hypothetical events off topic?

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Misuse of edit privilege when OP fills answer with inline comments they don't agree to?

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When asking whether a source reflects historical consensus and why/why not: Guidelines for prior research

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Why was the election briefly started and then moved back to nominations today?

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What do you consider the site's mission? A starting place or something deeper

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