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The Help Center page titled "Our model" doesn't describe … our model
The Help page whose title is "Our Model" (but whose URL slug is /help/stackexchange) is currently a random grab bag of policies, formatting help, and random questions.
I was hoping that a ...
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Explain reasons for accepting an answer in Help Center
A new user on an SE site indicated in the comments that one of the answers to their posted question was best. I left a comment encouraging them to accept that answer, and gave a link to this help ...
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Which sites have customized their help center homepage?
I have some ideas for the homepage of the Web Applications SE Help Center; before I start writing the draft I would like to learn from the experiences of other sites. I remember have seeing posts here ...
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When should I add a tag onto a question? [duplicate]
I most likely will be downvoted for this question, but I am confused on this matter.
If a question (for example, not in real life) about Harry Potter that mentions Ronald Weasley and has relations to ...
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Can I really discuss the validity of closure of my question here?
As per the official help center page on reopening questions, it states
If you're simply unsure about the validity of the closure, the best place to ask is on the community's meta site. Asking in the ...
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Can local Stack Exchange communities set policies that result in exceptions to SE rules in the Help Center pages? [duplicate]
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For the last eight years users over at Worldbuilding, we have been debating about whether or not it's acceptable to ask questions that result in list answers. To be clear, these are ...
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Let's improve the "How do I ask a good question?" page
I did find this question, but I have a bunch of suggestions. Also yes, some of this is from my post over on AU Meta
I think the "How do I ask a good question?" Help Center page could use ...
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Is paraphrasing someone else's ideas and not crediting them considered plagiarism? [closed]
A certain SE site has a new policy to blindly delete all answers that cite scholars, papers and journals without looking at the merits of the arguments and if the citation addresses the question or ...
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The help for chat on pingability is too vague
The chat help pages say
To get another user's attention, mention them – type @ and then the first part of their name. Your mention will be highlighted on their screen – @someone. This will happen ...
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What are the actual guidelines for deleting popular off-topic closed questions?
I recently noticed a relatively popular question (34 upvotes on the question, 42 on the top answer) get deleted on Stack Overflow (https://stackoverflow.com/q/29876518/1108305). This question was ...
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The reopen process in the help center suggests steps that don't seem easy and/or possible. Documentation issue?
More than five years ago I asked a question about how to check the content of a non-optional value using guard. The first example of four, unfortunately, used an optional array as the input. The other ...
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Adjust the Help Center text about flagging a question for moderator attention to have it reopened [duplicate]
Currently, the Help Center article about reopening closed questions says:
If a moderator (user with a ♦ symbol after their name) closed the question, then you may flag it for moderator attention. ...
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The "How do I write a good answer?" help page needs a tidy-up
If you go to the page "How do I write a good answer?" in the Help Centre, the first two points are:
Pay it forward
Saying “thanks” is appreciated, but it doesn’t answer the question. ...
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Why is information about triage and help and improvement review queues there in help centers of non-SO sites?
In the What are review queues? help center articles of non-Stack Overflow sites, there is some information about triage and help and improvement review queues.
Triage – Stack Overflow only - 500 ...
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Can the community use a scope different from that mentioned in the help-center?
Without mentioning the Stack Exchange site, can a site's community allow questions that are off-topic according to the help-center of that site?
Or is there anything that enforces what is on-topic ...
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