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Request to reopen the Joe McCarthy question

I'd like to request that https://history.stackexchange.com/questions/10001/did-joseph-mccarthy-ever-mention-heinleins-novel-the-puppet-masters be reopened. I do not consider the question off-topic and …
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"Why does Europe have so few skyscrapers compared to Asia?" = history?

I'm curious to know why the question on skyscrapers is considered appropriate for history.se. To start with, the question is actually asked in the present tense :) Secondly, this is something that cou …
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Reopen: Instances of the UN defusing serious crises

I would like to request that the question "Instances of the UN defusing serious crises" be reopened. If not, I would like to understand how exactly this question is non-constructive or falls under "pr …
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Reopen request: "Why is our planet called Earth?"

I don't see why Why is our planet called Earth? is being considered off topic for this site. That it is about the history of a word doesn't make it off topic. Simply because there might be a better SE …
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Should we have a badge / recognition of well-cited answers? Questions?

At the present moment, I believe that all we can do is upvote such answers and perhaps offer a bounty on well-researched ones. As DVK mentions in a comment, drawing attention or maintaining a list via …
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