Linked Questions
45 questions linked to/from FAQ proposal: Back It Up and Don't Repeat Others
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Does 'back it up' apply 'round here? [duplicate]
I've appeared here because, having bitched a bit about the some of the hot questions from this site, I thought I'd make an effort to pitch into the ordinary process and see what it's like.
It seems ...
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Does this site need a "back it up" rule?
There's all kinds of career advice out there on the Internet, much of it conflicting or wrong. The conflicting or wrong advice is especially prevalent (but not limited to) that found on open-access Q&...
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2014 Moderator Election Q&A - Question Collection
In connection with the moderator elections, we will be holding a Q&A with the candidates. This will be an opportunity for members of the community to pose questions to the candidates on the topic ...
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When asked 'How can I foo the bar?' is 'Don't foo the bar' an appropriate answer?
On Cleaning Up Bad Answers on Popular Questions a comment by Yamikurone says:
There seems to be a flood of "Not an answer" flags on answers on this post. Many of the answers so flagged were,...
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What is wrong with the answer to this question?
My question is about the accepted answer to this question Former manager is asking for documentation I prepared as his employee.
Personally, I think there is a better answer given by ...
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What right do mods have in reconstructing my answers and comments?
In my answer on question - How does one politely decline a handshake due to religious reasons? - I have an answer that had an entire paragraph chopped out of it.
Not only that but the mods keep ...
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2015 Moderator Election Q&A - Question Collection [duplicate]
In connection with the moderator elections, as we had done last year, we will be holding a Q&A with the candidates. This will be an opportunity for members of the community to pose questions to ...
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What should the "Back it up" policy look like for The Workplace
Nearly two years to the day since "back it up" was introduced to Workplace, there seems to be a lot of confusion regarding what the principle looks like on The Workplace.
Here is all our on-topic ...
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2014 Moderator Election Q&A - Questionnaire
In connection with the moderator elections, we are holding a Q&A thread for the candidates. Questions collected from an earlier thread have been compiled into this one, which shall now serve as ...
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Can we make the Workplace exchange less hostile to new users?
I am a new user of Stack Exchange. I have gotten a pretty good response to the first question I have answered, and nothing but unhelpful responses to every question after that.
In some cases I have ...
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Should we add a "Back It Up" rule to the FAQ now?
When we discussed the Back It Up rule before ChrisF suggested adding the rule to the FAQ when we go public to make sure people are aware of it (when they bother to look). His post was highly voted and ...
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Should we reduce the Community Wiki threshold to 10 answers?
The Workplace is naturally attractive to soft questions, and soft questions, more often than not, attract a lot of answers. That's good, but after a point answers start becoming horribly repetitive, ...
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2015 Moderator Election Q&A - Questionnaire
In connection with the moderator elections, we are holding a Q&A thread for the candidates. Questions collected from an earlier thread have been compiled into this one, which shall now serve as ...
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What are "opinion-based" questions?
In the context of Workplace, what makes a question close-worthy based on this reason:
"primarily opinion-based"
Many good questions generate some degree of opinion based on expert ...
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Should we answer questions that are likely to be closed?
I’m fairly new to the community, but I’ve noticed that a fair number of questions that eventually get closed as off-topic will receive answers before they’re closed. Is it acceptable to answer ...
