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Do we need a canonical question on "Statement of Purpose"?

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May I ask this question or will it be closed?

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We have no [press], [press-release], [popular-press], [public-relations], [publicity] tags even though these are regularly leveraged by universities

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Can a mod redact the edit history of this answer?

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Can we improve advice to those asking questions?

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Should we make Google Scholar questions off topic?

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User keeps on suggesting offensive edit, can this be stopped?

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How are "poor reviews" leading to Review suspension identified?

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How does this question have 2k views in spite of not being a HNQ?

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What should we do about questions asking for career advice outside of academia?

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Please flag spam as spam; it doesn't matter if it is AI-generated as well

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Can we hint to OPs that their question might be overly long?

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What potential duplicate targets should I know about as a reviewer?

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Academia.SE Moderation Strike

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Should we create a tag for ChatGPT-related questions?

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How can I improve my question about " 'inclusive' access", textbook self-destruction, and resale prevention?

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Is a question requesting an endorsement (or other similar benefit to the OP) spam?

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Why was my answer to how to evaluate journals deleted by one mod?

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Why was this answer about IEEE CPS deleted?

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Moderation Strike is Over

399 votes
8 answers
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Moderation strike

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How much slang is acceptable in a question or answer?

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Why was my question ("Any way to sync my Papers 2 library to my newer iPad?") closed?

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Only flag spam, that's it

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After a month of moderator strike, is there any update on the situation?

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Spam attack on Academia Stack Exchange?

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suggest: function to cite a question on academia.se

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Are purely hypothetical questions allowed?

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What is the impact of the moderation strike on Academia.SE?

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Strike stopgap -- will this work, and is it OK?

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Why were people upvoting spam

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Would question asking about using the code of a research project be on-topic?

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New contributor to Academia, inquiring about if discussing studying methods are fair game

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What is the best way for high rep users to support the moderation strike?

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It's time for me to resign

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Automatically generated text is banned on Academia.SE

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Academia varies more than you think it does – The Movie

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Are lengthy 'update' edits appropriate?

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Rename tag [paperwork] and create new tag for "organizing/structuring" files, papers etc

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Update: tag [paperwork] can be deleted - new tag [document-organization] created

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Thank you Dr. Buffy, Academia.SE's GOAT

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Tag cleanup: is the [paperwork] tag really necessary?

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Mass downvoting of a well referenced pertinent answer: Why is an answer that is a complement to others considered so bad?

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I am an unsung genius. Suggestion for a community answer

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Are questions about figures and statistics in academia (e.g. number of students, researchers, etc.) off-topic?

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Dealing with "how long until I hear back?" questions

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Should these question closure instructions be included in this canonical question?


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