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Post notice for protected questions is confusing; please rephrase it to make it clearer
The post notice for protected questions currently reads
Highly Active Question. Earn 10 reputation (not counting the association bonus) in order to answer this question. The reputation requirement ...
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Why is the "Highly active" label still present even after all activity has ceased? [duplicate]
I was browsing Aviation by top voted, and came across Why does Chicago O'Hare have a penalty box?
Asked and answered in 2014, the most recent activity on this question includes:
3 years ago: an ...
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Let's talk about phrasing of the "Protected Questions" message
Currently, the Protected message text reads:
Given that we now strive to become more welcoming to new users, shouldn't we change the phrasing to something that doesn't seem as hostile as the existing ...
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Misleading hover text for 'protect' option
The hover text for the 'protect' option is slightly misleading:
disallow answers by anonymous and very new low rep users
The word 'new' is off. It doesn't matter if the user is new or not; only ...
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Better word choice for "Protected" questions
As you all probably know, some questions on the Network are sometimes Protected to:
prevent "thanks!", "me too!", or spam answers by new users.
For example, this question.
When I first read the ...
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Make reputation message when answering protected questions less ambiguous [duplicate]
A lot of users find the 'reputation required' message on protected questions hard to understand, specifically when they've gained the network association bonus and they think they have earned enough ...
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Place emphasis that "thanks/me too" is not permitted anywhere
The protected questions text says the following:
As it stands currently, it sounds as though it's been protected only on a case by case basis, and that "thanks" or "me too" posts by new users is ...
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Can we get a better wording for protected questions?
For context, see https://security.meta.stackexchange.com/a/1208/836.
In essence:
"This question is protected to prevent "thanks!", "me too!", or spam answers by new users. To answer it, you must ...
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