Questions tagged [discussion]
The question you're asking is designed to solicit opinions or best-practices on a particular topic, with the goal of reaching community consensus.
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Why was this answer deleted?
I was reading this Is it normal for a junior programmer to be alone in a project?, and the last answer https://workplace.stackexchange.com/a/194532/271 was deleted by a moderator. There’s no comment, ...
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Is it common for controversial question to be removed from Hot Questions on network?
I just made a question that I knew it would end up being controversial due to the topics and my huge bias (which I cleaned up as best as I can), but I still want to reach as many people as possible to ...
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Are either AML or KYC process questions in scope for this site?
I work at a federally insured financial institution in the USA.
Would questions on AML and /or KYC be in scope for this site? There are anomalous events I am seeing where I work and want to check if ...
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Should we have a generic "how to ask" question?
We often get questions saying "How do I ask...?" This question in my mind sums up exactly how they should be answered 90% of the time.
Should we make a generic question like it? Obviously we ...
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What is a "profanity" in SE Workplace?
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I would add the case where your coworker is insecure, megalomaniac or an asshole, doing a pissing contest (not sure if there is a professional wording for that)
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Blind is so much better that this site. But why?
Blind is so much better than this site. I'm sure some fans of this site will disagree but by any empirical measure Blind is just a better watercooler site.
I am curious if anyone has any considered ...
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Reopen request for Workplace reluctant to automate and improve practices Question
I edited this question into a better shape and I want to ask the Community what they think about reopening it:
Workplace reluctant to automate and improve development practices; what are my options?
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How can it be that a moderator asks offensive questions and closes a valid question?
What is wrong with the discourse level here? Why is everyone trying to be a dick? Why are moderators asking offensive and antisocial questions and close valid questions, instead of being helpful and ...
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No need for drama
This is just my opinion and I mean no offence. AI is irrelevant in my locale so I neither know nor care much about it. But the real solution seems so simple to me. No need for dramas and strikes and ...
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The "My co-worker is ChatGPT" post is fantasy, and should be closed
The "question" My new coworker is actually ChatGPT is clearly a piece of fiction and should be closed.
We shouldn't encourage this sort of fantasy writing.
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Prompt for more context on new questions?
Our guidance on asking a good question is quite generic. The context needed in Workplace SE is often different to other sites, though, and I would argue we should prompt for it, both on this page, and ...
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(Done) Question about at-will firing should not have been closed
Are employers allowed to fire at will yet employees are bound by long notice periods?
This question should not have been closed.
It is not related to company-specific regulations, agreements, or ...
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(Done) Reopen "Is there any feasible way to avoid outing myself as transgender to prospective employers?"
Recently, my question "Is there any feasible way to avoid outing myself as transgender to prospective employers?" was closed as needing more focus, with the close notice telling me to
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What is our stance regarding AI-generated answers?
It seems as if one user has been posting a bunch of answers generated by ChatGPT today, and I was wondering what Workplace.se's stance regarding AI-generated content is. Stack Overflow has temporarily ...
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Completely different question marked as duplicate
I asked a question about social skills. This question cites my previous question for reference purposes. But it's completely different from my previous because the nature of the question is completely ...
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Mark and Close?
When going through the close/re-open/first questions queue(s) - there are often times when I see a Question that has the potential to be a good question, but needs a little extra detail that only the ...
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2022: a year in moderation
As we say goodbye to the old year and welcome the new one, we have a tradition of sharing moderation stats for the preceding calendar year.
As most of you here are aware, sites on the Stack Exchange ...
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(Done) Question about resigning and being ignored should be reopened
I announced my resignation . . . and was completely ignored. What to do? should be reopened.
There's absolutely no valid reason for it getting Closed.
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Can we disable the Community Bot bumping questions?
I don't know why the Community Bot is bumping questions to the top.
A moderator here has told me that once the OP has an answer they accept, questions may as well be closed. This suggests to me that ...
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(Done) Reopen 'Can an employer deduct "scam losses" from wages?'
Can the following question be reopened: Can an employer deduct "scam losses" from wages??
I do not see anything employer-specific in this question, and the question has been updated to ...
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Who or what is deleting questions?
This isn’t something I’m that bothered about, but there’s been a couple of times I’ve responded to a question recently only to find it deleted (“page not found”) some time later.
Have I just hit on ...
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How to flag inappropriate Edits
Whilst reviewing the Edits queue - I saw a suggested edit that added a crude personal insult to the post.
There are edits which I may reject because I disagree with the Edit being made, whereas this ...
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Public Service Announcement: Please don't answer in comments
Being the new guy on the block, I was kind of surprised by the amount of comments we delete. Not that any of them would be rude or inappropriate, but many of them are simply not "comments" ...
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2022 Community Moderator Election Results
Moderator election #9 on The Workplace has come to a close, the votes have been tallied, and the new moderator is:
They will be joining the existing crew shortly — please thank them for volunteering ...
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Are we making enough effort to fix questions rather than close them?
The rate of closed questions seems much higher than when I last looked at Workplace. Should we be putting more effort into helping people write the question they should have asked, rather than just ...
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2022 Should we abandon this election?
I am beginning to form the opinion that we as a community need to consider postponing this election.
The election before this, we had 6 candidates.
In this election we've got 2 candidates, one of ...
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Moderator election questions for candidate WBT
Since we have a candidate that snuck in last minute and was able to post their application without any way to comment or ask for clarification, I am using this means to ask things I find odd:
There ...
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Presenting The "Worst" Accepted Answers
A comment in an answer asks for the "worst" accepted answers... so here they are. Presented without comment.
This data is from a query I've copied and modified: https://data.stackexchange....
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Opinion Questions on Workplace Stack Exchange
I have newly acquired the ability to vote on Close/Re-Open questions and whilst going through the queue, I noticed a pattern.
Looking on here, I found this question: Here which talks about what ...
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PSA: Answers are not the place to live out your fantasy to stick it to "the man"
I'm looking at this question: Employer made me redundant, then retracted the notice after realising that I'm about to start on a new project
I can see the top two answers suggesting leveraging the ...
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2022 Community Moderator Election
The 2022 Community Moderator Election is now underway!
Community moderator elections have three phases:
Nomination phase
Primary phase
Election phase
Most elections take between two and three weeks, ...
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Asia and Europe tags. Why?
Inspired by the recent question Is it a good salary negotiation tactic to say, "Make me an offer and I will either accept it or walk away"?
I think that the Europe and Asia tags should be ...
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2022 Moderator Election Q&A – Question Collection
The purpose of this thread was to collect questions for the questionnaire. The questionnaire is now live, and you may find it here.
The Workplace Stack Exchange is scheduled for an election next week,...
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Is an answer or comment with indirect slang considered rude / abusive / offensive for this site?
To my question, a user posted below answer:
I'm in the UK. If any employer suggested that here, you would be asked "are you completely bonkers?" Your concerns about my leisure would be ...
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Was $300 meal story worth flagging for removal from HNQ?
This recent question about $300 meals felt somewhat off to me, and comments moved to chat suggest that many other readers felt that way too. When I saw it in HNQ I recalled that mod advice for "...
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Western Europe tag
I believe the western-europe tag to be unnecessary. Virtually all of Western Europe is covered by the EU, and outside of that employment law is different enough that separate questions should usually ...
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Seeking clarification on the rules in regards to perceived privacy violation
Very simply put, I wish to express my feelings about a situation that has occurred here, regarding this: Rejecting an invite to a work social event whilst perceived working situation is currently ...
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Potential Moderator Election 2022
We're contemplating a moderator election before the year ends to increase the number of mods to five. I'd just like to have an idea of community interest in this (since obviously we'll look a bit ...
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Does this SE have a reddit approach to voting?
I'm just curious as to what exactly is the deal with all these extremely down-voted questions. Does this SE really just attract a higher than usual amount of really poor quality questions or is there ...
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Congratz Kilisi on clipping 200k rep!
Congratulations on reaching 200k!
Besides your answers and posts, it's also been great to have your support as a Mod. As usual, your zen-like style keeps your contributions useful, direct, and on ...
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(Done) Reopen question about no longer working weekends
Manager is mad that I can no longer work on weekends for family reasons should clearly be reopened.
"How should I deal with this?" is easily a goal that we can address, in addition to being ...
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Why is this community so harsh?
Today, I've seen this question about a person, having a problem which occurs at his or her private life and workplace: Becoming more social in life and at workplace.
It looks like the author's ...
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Deja vu reading question about Engineer turned manager training their subordinates for the next job
I just read the question Dealing with manager that has high turnover but great reviews from departing engineers.
Didn't we have the same exact question on the site before? I feel like I already read ...
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Please merge the telecommute and remote-work tags
Seven years ago, the remote and telecommute tags were merged. The tag remotework is also a synonym of telecommute.
We currently have a separate remote-work tag. Please merge this tag as well.
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Is there a consensus in The Workplace regarding the meaning of votes for answers?
(The question came to my mind when reading an answer but this is just for reference).
Is there a consensus about what up- and down-voting mean for answers? What would be the "voting reaction"...
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The Workplace is a toxic community
I've just joined The Workplace yesterday and it has been a very bad experience. I've asked two questions, both pretty much the same. After there was no more hope for the first question, I asked the ...
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Why is my question about nightshifts off-topic?
Could somebody please explain to me, why this question is considered to be off-topic?
Some commenters demand more information, assuming the question has some tax or contractual context. It doesn't. Is ...
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(Done) (Reopen request) Do we want to tell people that resignation letters are the same as exit interviews?
Is it good form to put detailed reasons why you are resigning from a company in a resignation letter?
This question was closed as a duplicate of a question asking about exit interviews. I do not ...
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Are off-topic political rants encouraged in answers?
In response to this question, user computercarguy posted this answer.
As pointed out in the comments (including John Goodrow's comment, currently with 11 upvotes), this answer contains an off-topic ...
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REQ: Repen What are the possible consequences for refusing to use personal phone for authentication?
Request to reopen: What are the possible consequences for refusing to use personal phone for authentication?
This question is answerable, and is relevant to the workplace
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