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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
LilienthalMod
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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'...
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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.
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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 ...
LilienthalMod
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
KilisiMod
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
LilienthalMod
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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 ...
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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 ...
LilienthalMod
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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 ...
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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 ...
DarkCygnusMod
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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.
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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 ...
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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 ...
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Suggestion to help with the high closure rate
This proposal is highly unlikely to be accepted by Stack Exchange, and for once, I don't disagree with them. (I propose an alternative approach further down in this answer.)
As You Know, users earn 2 ...
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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 ...
KilisiMod
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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 ...
LilienthalMod
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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Feature to allow high rep users to answer closed questions
There's no need for such a feature change.
If high-rep users voted to reopen questions that shouldn't have been closed, then they (and others) can provide useful answers.
If you don't vote to reopen,...
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Feature request: Prompt to include a requerst to include country of origin
I would definitely be in support of this. This conversation came up a few years ago here at Workplace Meta, which prompted me to request a new feature on Meta SE. Like most feature requests, it ...
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Make the water cooler redirect to The Water Cooler
Thanks for the fun idea! Unfortunately, it's not possible to do. It's not a bad idea - to quote the response I got when asking about this:
I think clicking it is a fine idea, but it's just not ...
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