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How do edits happen without being attributed to any ASE member? Who was the actual author of revision #4 to this question? The Community Bot?
How do edits happen without being attributed to any ASE member?
Who was the actual author of revision #4 (which would be the third actual change after original post) to this question? Did the ...
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Shouldn't we wait a bit longer before closing questions?
Why I ask was triggered by this question, but I have witnessed the same pattern often enough, so now the proverbial barrel is full and overflowing.
Basically, Wyatt certainly knows the other question ...
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How do you log in?
Somehow I got logged out of my account on another device and I can't figure out how to get back into it. If I click "join this community" it creates a new fake profile for me. I can delete ...
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Why did this question regarding ARINC 429 behavior get closed as off topic
When looking through the ARINC 429 tag questions to see if I missed one, I noticed this question got closed as off topic.
Arinc 429: how to detect the data frame start?
I'm curious to see why users on ...
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Addressment of recent account suspension
SE Community,
I'm writing to share my recent experience of having my account suspended and to seek opinions of the community.
Approximately three days ago, I received a notification informing me of ...
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Should there be a new tag for skydiving canopies?
Skydiving canopies are ram air parafoils similar to paragliders. Should we add a tag for them?
Why not use the existing "canopy"?
Unfortunately, the tag "canopy" seems to already ...
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Why was this new user's answer deleted within 1-2 hours of posting by "Community" bot, and then locked?
What happened here? https://aviation.stackexchange.com/posts/104618/revisions Seems a rather unwelcome reception for a new user.
Under that answer Do GPS coordinates of a fixed point in space ever ...
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Why are votes locked in?
Sometimes people misread a question or answer, or sometimes discussion in comments or edits in other places will clarify something and cause a shift in perspective that will make a person change their ...
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Add [fa-18] as a synonym of [f-18]
I ran across a question about a F/A-18 Hornet that lacked the tag for the aircraft.
The official tag is f-18, but the offical name is F/A 18 Hornet. If you try to tag it as "fa" anything, no ...
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2023: a year in moderation
It’s that time of the year again! As we wave goodbye to last year and welcome the new one, we have a tradition of sharing moderation stats for the preceding calendar year.
As most of you here might be ...
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Are there any active moderators on Aviation?
I recently posted a question on SE.Aviation, and it got many views and lots of answers. Great! However I noticed what seemed to be a lack of the moderation I'm used to seeing on other SEs. Every ...
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10th Anniversary of Aviation SE!
In December 2023 aviation.stackexchange.com turns 10 years old. Congratulations on asking, answering, voting, and building this community for a whole decade!
Whenever a Stack Exchange site turns 10 we ...
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Policy on answers containing spam [duplicate]
The following answer originally contained a spam link:
https://aviation.stackexchange.com/a/101444/42636
Unless there already is such a policy, I suggest that in the future answers containing spam ...
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deleting or editing an answered question
After being informed that my (answered) question contained inaccuracies and misconceptions, I chose to delete it- and was then auto-warned that it is considered bad policy to delete an answered ...
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Are questions about missiles and radars that shot planes down in history on-topic here?
There are some examples where a country has shot a passenger plane down and justify it by "the radar can't distinguish between war jets and passenger planes".
Is it on-topic to ask about the ...
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