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is this community answer-shy? If so, why is that?

T.E.D.Mod

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modified Sep 29 at 21:20

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1 answer

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Do we need a canonical question for how to find a famous person's grave site?

LаngLаngС

79k

modified Sep 27 at 18:09

6 votes

1 answer

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How should moderators deal with comments, when should those be pruned, deleted or "moved to chat"?

MCWMod

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modified Sep 26 at 15:03

2 votes

1 answer

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Is this proposed 'duplicate' question marked both wrongly and in a worse direction?

LаngLаngС

79k

modified Sep 19 at 14:47

1 vote

1 answer

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Where might one ask a speculative "off-topic" question?

CommunityBot

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modified Sep 18 at 2:06

12 votes

1 answer

483 views

Is the History Stack activity experiencing a major downward trend?

Mary

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modified Sep 17 at 0:46

1 vote

1 answer

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Question unfairly closed

CommunityBot

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modified Sep 3 at 14:02

0 votes

1 answer

26 views

Sociology dataset

T.E.D.Mod

111k

answered Aug 20 at 18:44

43 votes

34 answers

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Why did my question get a downvote?

LаngLаngС

79k

modified Jul 26 at 13:08

-1 votes

2 answers

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I added explanation of this question

T.E.D.Mod

111k

answered Jul 15 at 14:16

5 votes

1 answer

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Are History.SE's moderators paid for their contribution?

T.E.D.Mod

111k

answered Jun 30 at 14:59

4 votes

2 answers

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Do we need to broaden the 'higher bar' policy to all questions relating to the history of the Jews and Jewish matters?

Robert ColumbiaMod

3,527

modified Jun 28 at 12:51

4 votes

1 answer

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Please try to _always_ explain editing of 'controversial' passages

LаngLаngС

79k

modified Jun 2 at 20:29

1 vote

0 answers

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How could I improve this closed/deleted question about colonization?

LаngLаngС

79k

modified May 30 at 20:04

2 votes

3 answers

119 views

Why is it ok for a single person to close a question based on speculation?

LаngLаngС

79k

modified May 19 at 13:09

2 votes

0 answers

27 views

Source Request: Danish State in the Early Modern Period

gktscrk

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asked Apr 20 at 6:08

2 votes

1 answer

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"No longer needed" comment flag for merged question declined

Robert ColumbiaMod

3,527

answered Apr 8 at 10:49

13 votes

2 answers

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How to deal with accepted answers that were sourced out of bigoted propaganda/conspiracy sites?

T.E.D.Mod

111k

modified Mar 31 at 14:37

13 votes

0 answers

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Meta-meta Site Policy on History.SE — FAQ

MCWMod

31.1k

modified Mar 21 at 8:53

6 votes

2 answers

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How reliable are the sources we use?

Samuel Russell

14.4k

answered Mar 20 at 2:11

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0 answers

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FYI: new biblical archaeology magazine

Ray Butterworth

269

asked Feb 26 at 1:34

3 votes

2 answers

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Do questions about current events of historic significance belong here?

LаngLаngС

79k

modified Feb 25 at 0:08

2 votes

0 answers

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Are questions asking for deciphering texts on paintings (or other objects) allowed?

Joachim

183

asked Feb 20 at 13:03

4 votes

0 answers

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Disambiguate [indian] (or merge it into [india])

Glorfindel

1,263

modified Jan 30 at 17:51

3 votes

1 answer

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2021: a year in moderation

justCal

34.4k

modified Jan 14 at 16:16

10 votes

3 answers

398 views

What is the community criteria for referencing religious sources?

justCal

34.4k

modified Nov 25, 2021 at 14:45

8 votes

1 answer

253 views

How should we recognize our anniversary?

MCWMod

31.1k

modified Nov 23, 2021 at 19:36

10 votes

9 answers

865 views

Standard comment situations: suggestions for close votes and down votes

LаngLаngС

79k

modified Nov 10, 2021 at 20:11

2 votes

1 answer

123 views

Why is this question considered opinion based?

Pieter Geerkens

68.2k

modified Oct 12, 2021 at 14:47

9 votes

2 answers

291 views

Should we unpin accepted answers from the top of the list?

T.E.D.Mod

111k

modified Oct 7, 2021 at 1:53

-2 votes

1 answer

116 views

Why was my question on 'why didn't the Allies discuss the possibility of a homeland for the Jews in occupied Germany' closed?

Mozibur Ullah

1

modified Sep 26, 2021 at 11:49

0 votes

0 answers

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Why was the question about whether the West ever influenced Indian elections closed?

LаngLаngС

79k

modified Sep 25, 2021 at 19:56

7 votes

1 answer

34 views

Please merge the 30-year-war tag into the Thirty Years' War tag

Robert ColumbiaMod

3,527

modified Sep 20, 2021 at 13:04

5 votes

0 answers

44 views

Commenting a particular question crashes Android Chrome

Spencer

3,712

modified Sep 4, 2021 at 17:28

3 votes

1 answer

38 views

Can we please get a tag for Sri Lanka?

T.E.D.Mod

111k

modified Aug 20, 2021 at 15:09

4 votes

1 answer

93 views

Etiquette/customs/ethics of showing flags or symbols in questions?

Italian Philosophers 4 Monica

7,068

modified Aug 7, 2021 at 15:51

5 votes

2 answers

84 views

Do we need to clarify what we mean with "famous persons" on our ask/on-topic help page?

Lucian

1,135

answered Aug 3, 2021 at 21:36

3 votes

0 answers

129 views

Why are anachronistic, ahistorical & prescriptive wrong answers preferred over those to the contrary with direct evidence from medieval manuscripts?

LаngLаngС

79k

asked Aug 2, 2021 at 14:28

1 vote

0 answers

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Is it ok to ask a factual question that is linked to an opinion based question?

Tom Au

103k

asked Jul 25, 2021 at 22:37

2 votes

0 answers

35 views

Will uploaded images, that are no longer referenced, be removed?

MCWMod

31.1k

modified Jul 9, 2021 at 16:02

4 votes

1 answer

97 views

Are comments a forum for (possible) trolling?

T.E.D.Mod

111k

modified Jul 3, 2021 at 22:48

5 votes

1 answer

83 views

Some of my comments that I believe relevant have been deleted

T.E.D.Mod

111k

modified Jun 18, 2021 at 20:58

11 votes

4 answers

245 views

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

LаngLаngС

79k

modified Jun 16, 2021 at 18:50

13 votes

1 answer

144 views

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

T.E.D.Mod

111k

answered Jun 12, 2021 at 22:15

2 votes

1 answer

78 views

Why was this question closed as "off-topic"?

T.E.D.Mod

111k

answered Jun 9, 2021 at 15:49

10 votes

1 answer

33 views

Merge the [european] tag into [europe]

SemaphoreMod

96.3k

answered Jun 7, 2021 at 7:49

6 votes

1 answer

124 views

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

Pieter Geerkens

68.2k

answered May 31, 2021 at 0:08

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