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22 questions linked to/from A full and objective description of good faith?
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Be more responsible with your votes
I was browsing the flags queue today when I came across the following answer to the following question:
https://politics.stackexchange.com/a/19474
That answer is nothing more than a sarcastic ...
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What should be on the moderator candidate questionnaire?
NOTE: The questionnaire is now up
Related to Will there be a candidate questionnaire for the upcoming election? and 2020 Community Moderator Election
Please post answers below that contain a question ...
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What should we do with this answer to “Why did people still chant Lock her up at Trump rallies in 2019”?
What should we do with this answer to the question "Why did people still chant "Lock her up" at Trump rallies in 2019?"?
Timeline so far:
A user flagged it as "rude or offensive"
I agreed ...
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6answers
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What custom close reasons should we have?
Update: The two most upvoted close reasons have now been enabled. Let's see how they work out in practice. We re-added the auto-generated "not about [site-topic] as described in the help-center&...
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7answers
588 views
2020 Moderator Candidate Questionnaire
Due to the short election cycle we had an abbreviated question collection.
Not every question was selected. All positive scoring suggestions are included (since the bottom three were tied).
As a ...
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3answers
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How to handle 'arguments from authority'
According to Wikipedia an argument from authority or argumentum ab auctoritate is a fallacy "in which a claimed authority's support is used as evidence for an argument's conclusion".
I just read a ...
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2answers
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Why have I been banned from asking questions?
I've been banned from asking questions, because I discuss topics which the far-left moderators here regard as being "wrongthink". They want politics.SE to remain a "safe space" for establishment/...
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3answers
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Please reword the “good faith” close reason
We recently changed the custom close reasons, and one of them reads:
The primary purpose of this question appears to be to promote or discredit a specific political cause, group or politician. It ...
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3answers
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Why are some questions which are clearly opinion-based allowed while others are not?
The guidance on What topics can I ask about here? reads:
Politics Stack Exchange is for objective questions about governments, policies and political processes.
It is not a place to advance opinions ...
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Same question-different parties-completely different response
Why is Warren lying or not lying about being fired for being pregnant such a big deal?
contrast with this
Why is Trump's omission of an explicit mention of Jews from the holocaust memorial a ...
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3answers
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What ensures that below zero question ratings on Politics Stack Exchange aren't politically motivated? [closed]
Are there ways of formulating a question title so that it will be more likely to be of no interest to anyone who would be likely to be displeased by the body of the question?
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Why is this question about the political reason for the U.S. copying the stripes of the EIC flag “on hold”?
Placing this question What were the political reasons for the U.S. using the stripes of the British East India Company flag on the U.S. national flag? "on hold" for the reasons stated
"The primary ...
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2answers
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What was deemed “rude or abusive” at user rs.29's answer that has been deleted by moderator at What are the main arguments made for White Nationalism?
What specific language was deemed "rude or abusive" (the answer has the following label attached by moderator)
This answer was marked as spam or rude or abusive and is therefore not
shown - you ...
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1answer
164 views
Deleting Answers Vs Downvoting
I noticed this Answer coming up in the review queue and wanted to ask for some concrete guidance on Delete Votes Vs Downvotes.
As per a lot of the comments on the answer it's clear that a number of ...
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1answer
172 views
Explain how the accusation of “It does not appear to be a good-faith effort” is different from “assuming malicious intent”
A user voted to close a this question citing
"The primary purpose of this question appears to be to promote or discredit a specific political cause, group or politician. It does not appear to be a ...