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imposter-syndrome tag?
Should we consider adding an imposter-syndrome tag? A recent post on Academia SE had me looking at this, and emotional-responses and psychology which are commonly used tags don't quite seem to capture ...
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Canonical "Can I publish without supervisor" question?
On a recent question (What kind of publications can I submit on my own without the need of supervisors approval?), xLeitx commented that
It's starting to feel like we need a CW question "How can ...
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If I "contact support", who do I actually contact?
If I submit this, do I reach the mods of this site, or Stack Exchange staff? If this reaches SE staff, can I get a private chat room with Academia.SE mods?
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nominate long comment threads for movement to chat?
Several of the comment threads under this question are getting long (although I don't see anything problematic in their content). As a non-moderator, what is the recommended etiquette for this site in ...
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Removal of answer by moderator who did not read the full text
Careful reading of the last line of this answer directly and explicitly advises the OP on what I recommend as the action that the OP take in this situation.
The reason given for its deletion is "...
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When to use tag:publications vs tag:journals
When should I use publications vs journals? They overlap a lot, and people often use them for general question on how to write a paper. Should we have a policy on when one is appropriate rather than ...
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Should the recent "Last Author" question be canonical?
A recent question asks about the meaning of "last author" in a publication. Should it be treated as canonical?
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What to do when you disagree with close reason?
I'm relatively new here. Compared to Math Overflow, I've noticed that Academia has more frequent "tug of war" situations with closing and reopening questions. A question of mine was just ...
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Tag [admission] is seemingly a synonym for [graduate-admissions]. Is this good?
I was looking for a tag admission, for a question which is perhaps related to the subject. Stack Exchange suggested the tag graduate-admissions instead. In fine print at the bottom, it said: "...
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I have a question on US elementary schools. Would it be on topic?
The question I have in mind is inspired by this article.
Would it be on topic? It deals with teaching at a US elementary school, so not at tertiary level, but presumably many users here are familiar ...
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Positive feedback for Ph.D. students, negative feedback for me
There are many questions on the Academia forum by Ph.D. students, who have run into mental or physical problems. Or who have a dispute with their Ph.D. professors.
Usually these questions are well ...
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Do we need a plagiarism-checker tag?
There are a number of threads here containing "plagiarism checker". The combination of the plagiarism and the software tags goes in the right direction, but both tags are a bit broader...
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Update the "What topics can I ask about here?" section?
In the help centre, there's a page giving advice on what topic to ask or not ask about :
https://academia.stackexchange.com/help/on-topic
Specifically, in the "What topics should I avoid?", ...
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What to do when the question is unbelievable?
I'm not sure if other people have noticed, but there have been quite a few questions which pose a scenario that seems borderline unbelievable.
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They [Springer] accepted the project, I signed ...
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Questions about practices related to specific computer science subfield -- when are they on topic?
There were recently two questions about specific, different, computer science subfield.
Why do a lot of publications ignore better results from other papers // compare only to old results (example in ...
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