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Can we get a be nice post notice for questions that deal with sensitive issues

This sounds like a good idea to me as well. I think the reasoning for why has been pretty clear, so I'd like to suggest a wording like this: This question deals with a topic about which many people ...
Erik's user avatar
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Can we get a be nice post notice for questions that deal with sensitive issues

We discussed this request internally a few weeks back, and then I kept my eyes open with it in mind. Here are, I believe, the key factors to consider when constructing such a post notice: Responses ...
Shog9's user avatar
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We need flags to show our biases

What about people who've worked extensively in more than one culture? Are we going to see stacks of flags? More importantly, though, if it's relevant this information should be in the post, where it'...
Monica Cellio's user avatar
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Can we add a flag reason "This is an answer in the comments"

Essentially no we can't, because we have no control over this. There's a main meta post on this exact suggestion: Add an "answer in comments" flag reason, which points to Make comment ...
Lilienthal's user avatar
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Add Interpersonal Skills SE as a migration target

We've had this discussion about Academia in the past. It's a bad idea. If it's workplace related, it's workplace related. Now, specifically towards IPS IPS is, and remains in Beta for a reason. ...
Old_Lamplighter's user avatar
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How come there isn't a tag for questions regarding investors or VCs?

Because we have no questions justifying their creation. Venture Capital: 2 closed questions, none open Venture Capitalists: 1 question created by OP today, potentially off-topic VC: no open questions ...
Lilienthal's user avatar
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We need flags to show our biases

Downvote, downvote, downvote! I almost always downvote answers which clearly ignore the culture/location of the question. I wish more people did this to be honest, because I agree 100% with the ...
enderland's user avatar
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8 votes

Feature to allow high rep users to answer closed questions

That would make closing questions pointless. The fact that it's abused doesn't mean we should abuse it further by side-stepping it completely. Many times I've gone to the Chat to make a quick case ...
rath's user avatar
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How do we feel about adding feature of directed questions?

I don't see how this would add anything positive to the site. If you're enough of a regular to know the users and have one in mind, then you know how to contact them via chat and ask that they take a ...
Kaz's user avatar
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How do we feel about adding feature of directed questions?

Given the userbase is concentrated in technology with substantial number of developers and others in tech roles, this may be useful. The questions asked aren't technical ones, so this would have ...
Kilisi's user avatar
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Disassociating yourself from a question

Disassociation requires human intervention, and that's a good thing. If somebody is posting and then wanting to disassociate a lot of stuff, we probably want to talk with that person about better ...
Monica Cellio's user avatar
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Comments are not for extended discussion - long-term solution discussion

Some of this has been proposed on Meta.SE, so in the interests of drawing attention to existing proposals and helping us find gaps where no proposal exists, here are some links. (Disclosure: I've ...
Monica Cellio's user avatar
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Restrict down-voting from people who answered

As one of the downvoters (and, admittedly, the first) I'd like to weigh in on this, as I get the feeling that this question comes from a general frustration as to how your answer was received. First ...
BiscuitBaker's user avatar
7 votes

Please require a country tag for all questions

Disagree. While we have a good case for using country tags when applicable since we are a global network, that doesn't mean we should always require them. There have been suggestions to make the ...
Lilienthal's user avatar
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7 votes

Instruction to reopen doesn't include "post at meta"

The usual process is for them to edit, which puts it into the reopen review queue. Posting on meta should not be necessary. Maybe giving guidance to edit is all that is needed. See this answer over on ...
Rory Alsop's user avatar
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Can we get an off-topic link to law.stackexchange.com

Law.SE is a beta site, and as such isn't available as a target for migration. Moderators can migrate, of course, but it can't be a target in the Off Topic close reasons until/unless Law graduates. ...
Joe's user avatar
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All-time top questions

There is the Greatest Hits list. I don't know where it's linked (if anywhere!), but somebody tipped me off about it a while back and I just construct the URL myself (sitname/questions/greatest-hits). ...
Monica Cellio's user avatar
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Delete votes, how does it work and why is there no notification?

The consensus on meta so far seems to be that a deletion is not an actionable event so a notification makes no sense. When a post is deleted the poster has no way of reacting to that, short of ...
Lilienthal's user avatar
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Delete votes, how does it work and why is there no notification?

If you look at the review queue task for this post it was deleted through the low quality review queue. As far as I know, there is no mechanic built into Stack Exchange to notify upon deletion of ...
enderland's user avatar
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Can we get a be nice post notice for questions that deal with sensitive issues

Do we want this notice? If yes What should the wording be? I say yes, but let's see what others think (based on comments and the votes on this question seems that others think the same). People may ...
DarkCygnus's user avatar
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Separate Legal Advice from Company-Specific in Reasons to close

Back then when these close reasons were merged to meet particular system limitation, they seemed like a sensible mix to me and I expected to get used to it. Time has shown though that I was mistaken. ...
gnat's user avatar
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5 votes

Change the place holder text for the Ask a question Tags

I'll agree with that. The top five tags are professionalism, interviewing,software-industry,resume, and management. The only one I wouldn't use is software-industry, as that one is often overused for ...
David K's user avatar
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Can we improve the text of the “Advice on what to do” close reason?

Questions asking for the community to make a specific choice, such as what job to take or what skills to learn, are off-topic. Also questions that present a scenario and then ask the community ...
IDrinkandIKnowThings's user avatar
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Mark and Close?

I don't see this as a moderation issue. As mods we rarely close anything except clearly unsuitable questions. We leave most close actions to the community. We don't have any hesitation re-opening ...
Kilisi's user avatar
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Feature Request - Downvote comment required

Since an up vote is +10 and a down vote is -2, the system already allows for the fact that there will just be jerks. In order for a person to do any real damage to your reputation, they'd have to be ...
Old_Lamplighter's user avatar
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Use Culture Indication Per Answer

To use a different example, let's say you are asking a really basic programming question such as: How do I write a basic for loop in Python? Would answers written in Java or C++ or JavaScript help ...
enderland's user avatar
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Use Culture Indication Per Answer

To make this work each answer would have a box at the top stating the cultural perspective of that answer. Setting aside the intended goal of your suggestion, this will never happen. The Stack ...
Lilienthal's user avatar
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"This question has more than two answers already"

No, it doesn't make sense. The warning you see is a simple way of saying, "Hey, three people have already posted answers here. It's unlikely there are going to be many more than three ways to respond ...
David K's user avatar
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