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Questions that may not necessarily have a clear-cut right or wrong answer and are often subjective. If your question isn't a bug report, feature request, or request for support, it's probably a discussion.
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Inactive user accounts which appear to have only been created to advertise a product/service?
Spam should be removed. Jeff says don't hesitate to email us if you find these, and we'll fix ASAP.
I searched and observed that most of these users have more than one account across the network, whic …
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What does the "Measured for a square, the carpenter spent the next quarter hour..." text mean
Random adds poetic pieces as edit summaries, this is another one of random's poetry.
and I don't think that Shog9 would be trolling me
Really? :D
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Should I close even when I'm unsure a question should be closed?
Speaking generally, if I see a question that I think might be off topic (but I'm not sure) should I vote to close and trust that the voting system will work as desired and either result in the ques …
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Is it okay to write a post on a main site as a result of chatroom jokes, or is that consider...
The situation:
A post appeared on one of the SE sites in all-caps shouting HOW DO I TURN OFF CAPS LOCK?.
Chat users generally try to help salvage such shouting posts on the SE network, whenever they …
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Can I create a casual chat room for my colleagues?
From the FAQ of MSE chat:
This site is an extension of Meta Stack Exchange, so discussion should
more or less revolve around the same topics you'd find at Meta Stack
Exchange — but in an interactive, …
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Will there be hats on Meta Stack Exchange?
Please give us hats on MSE, so that we can wear our hats while chatting in the Tavern and other MSE chatrooms.
Hats are fun, please give us hats.
(bluefeet in a red hat^)
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In a string of comments, including junk, should I flag the individual comments, or leave a c...
You should leave a custom flag and ask the moderator to purge all the comments. If any comments have value and should be retained, you can mention them specifically, so that moderators can undelete th …
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How to get attention to a post on a child meta site
The key is writing good interesting posts with titles that will interest users to read it. Revise the post and add details, screenshots, good formatting and a humorous style of writing. Length matter …
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Spend some of my rep to promote my answer?
Yes, it is permissible to promote your answers using bounties. It ensures more views, however it doesn't ensure that your "answer gets upvoted enough that it looks canonical."
From Robert Harvey's an …
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Question Score not included in Tag Badges
Questions are not included in the tag score because it indicates a user's expertise in that field, which is measured by the quality of the answers they provide.
When a asker posts a question, they gai …
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Leeway for spammers promoting stack exchange sites and Area 51 proposals?
The user had asked the community if it was permissible to use such a username before changing their name.
"Is it permissible to use your SE display name to advertise another SE site or Area 51 Propos …