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What's our opinion and resulting policy regarding the new Hot Network Questions features?

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Why did a moderator uniterally remove from HNQ 'Why command hierarchy, if the chain of command is standing next to each other?'

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answered Aug 15 at 9:31 Semaphore♦ 80.5k

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The tag [nazi] is redundant with [nazism] and [nazi-germany]

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answered Aug 12 at 3:18 Semaphore♦ 80.5k

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Congratulations, you're no longer in Beta!

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Are HEMA (Historical European Martial Arts) questions on topic?

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Surprisingly few people related tags

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What should we do with potentially offensive usernames?

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Dealing with abusive comments

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Why did my question get a downvote?

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modified Jul 15 at 14:48 Mark C. Wallace♦ 24.5k

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Should we close questions with answers?

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answered Jul 12 at 12:05 Lars Bosteen 54k

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unsure this question would belong in law or history or elsewhere?

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answered Jul 4 at 19:17 Santiago 3,443

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What to do about “caesar” and “julius-caesar” that currently mean the same person?

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modified Jun 29 at 2:01 TheHonRose 5,506

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Do we want a Cyprus tag?

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answered Jun 24 at 8:55 Denis de Bernardy 18.7k

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What is the best way to link to google books?

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modified Jun 18 at 8:14 LangLangC 35.6k

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Is the “How things work” analogy valid?

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modified Jun 2 at 20:01 Community♦ 1

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Do we object less to sexism than to racism?

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Creating / adding new tags for existing questions without swamping the home page

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Dealing with questions from younger users

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answered May 8 at 6:43 Steve Bird 14.4k

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Consistency of quality standards and Hot Network Questions

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modified May 6 at 12:52 LangLangC 35.6k

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Should questions be edited that were recently put “on hold”?

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modified May 6 at 11:45 LangLangC 35.6k

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Can the mods email a possibly disgruntled user?

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Are we sufficiently supportive towards new users?

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answered May 2 at 15:37 Anne 136

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Standard comment situations: suggestions for close votes and down votes

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modified Apr 25 at 12:19 LangLangC 35.6k

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Question about the historical language of a city

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answered Apr 24 at 9:41 Denis de Bernardy 18.7k

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Is there a “leader board” for bounties?

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What is the intent of the 'world' tag?

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Is it OK to ask for the religion of a specific person?

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answered Apr 2 at 7:45 Denis de Bernardy 18.7k

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Why did I get an upvote?

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modified Mar 18 at 17:25 Mark C. Wallace♦ 24.5k

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How to graduate from Beta

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What's wrong with this question that asks if there was slaves that were treated well?

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Is it allowed to ask what's the origin and how a certain stereotype expanded?

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How to enforce much stronger standards for answers touching Nazi/Holocaust topics?

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modified Feb 13 at 10:16 LangLangC 35.6k

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What should be our policy on requests for sources or references?

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Are questions about data sources acceptable here?

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answered Jan 14 at 16:27 Mark C. Wallace♦ 24.5k

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How should we deal with answers reading the question a bit differently than OP intended (frame challenge)?

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answered Jan 14 at 8:14 Semaphore♦ 80.5k

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Are there new rules for autodeletion?

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2018: a year in moderation

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Unilateral closure of quotes

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answered Dec 5 '18 at 2:34 Semaphore♦ 80.5k

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Is it improper / unethical to post a question on H:SE, to which I already know the answer?

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What is the typically preferred length of an HistorySE answer and what factors influence that?

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How should H:SE deal with questions about race?

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answered Oct 30 '18 at 12:32 LangLangC 35.6k

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Can anyone offer suggestions on how I can improve my answer regarding Soviets handing over Jews to the Nazis?

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modified Oct 22 '18 at 15:51 justCal 21.5k

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May I request canonical resources?

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answered Oct 12 '18 at 20:23 Mark C. Wallace♦ 24.5k

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What to do with closed question about phobias

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answered Oct 6 '18 at 5:42 Samuel Russell 11.1k

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What is the mysterious “TL;DR” that appears at the top of many Questions and Answers?

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Markdown formatting - anchor tag syntax here?

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modified Oct 4 '18 at 21:17 sempaiscuba♦ 61.5k

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What can be done to best provide appropriate help to students?

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answered Sep 27 '18 at 6:24 Semaphore♦ 80.5k

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How can i make a question “not on hold”

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