Community FAQ
For Philosophy.SE, a site in the Stack Exchange 2.0 network
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Content
Asking questions
- What is this site about?
- What is considered off-topic?
- Is thinking (and discussion) disallowed on the Philosophy site?
- Should we restrict this site to academic questions only, or target a more casual audience?
- Do questions have to be answerable?
Answering questions
- Should I express my own opinions? (See also: Should answers be cited?)
- Should this site be restricted to academic answers only? (See also: Are amateurs with little knowledge of philosophy welcome?)
- Should I post a new answer to a question that already has an accepted answer?
Accepting answers
Working with posts
Comments
Tagging
Reputation, badges, and voting
Moderation
Other
External links
Original links from meta.SO's community FAQ for sites in the StackExchange 2.0 network:
- Good Subjective, Bad Subjective
- Help Vampires
- Short, Self Contained, Correct (Compilable), Example
- How to Ask by Jon Skeet
- How to Ask Questions the Smart Way
- What have you tried?
- Ten Simple Rules for Getting Help from Online Scientific Communities
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