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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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Japanese Period Names

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Are comparison questions acceptable?

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

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Standard comment situations: suggestions for close votes and down votes

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Clarification on questions based on r/askhistorians, but deleted my moderator?

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Tags “Crusades” vs “Crusaders”

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Tags “building” and “construction”

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What is the difference between tags “monarchy” and “kingdom”?

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Help with Writing a Question on Historiographical Methodology

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On naming Chinese dynasties

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Do we need more explicit policies regarding editing posts?

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What exactly does minimalism in tagging hope to achieve?

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What are the correct tags for my question?

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Two tags for Latin

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Tag for Hong Kong

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FAQ: History:Stack Exchange

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How is my question about slave clothing opinion-based?

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Why two similar questions were treated differently?

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

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Why were my questions on mercenaries in Africa closed?

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Definition for the “Yahwehism” tag, and how it relates to the “Judaism” tag?

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How do we determine site policy, how do we reach consensus about it?

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How to deal with answers consisting mainly of a quote by a biased historian

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Why didn't my answer get more upvotes?

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Does moving entire comment sections to chat defeat the purpose of comments?

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What is meant by “correct term” here?

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When do we consider a question to be easily answered by “a simple search”?

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Why do we continue to re-open low-quality questions and upvote these together with low quality answers?

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Is singling out a type of people for removal from countries rude or abusive?

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Should we merge [sumeria] into [sumer]?

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Can I transform a poor question?

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2019: a year in moderation

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Do we have or need a policy concerning publication of information which may involve living individuals?

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