Questions tagged [good-faith]
"Good faith" refers to the effort to ask an honest, answerable question, instead of trying to make a political point.
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Is "blood libel" too provocative a tag for the main site?
There is a number of questions on the main site which get a fairly poor reception because they essentially ask whether there is good solid evidence for a commonly made accusation of one sort of ...
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Sincere, honest, open-minded question closed as "not good faith"
My question about California's policy re: Trinity Lake reservoir function was closed with "not good faith" etc. However, I have not used any partisan sources nor unfounded assertions.
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Should questions based on assumptions require references?
Here is a similar question, but it is about answers: Should answers without references be removed by the mods?
I ask this for questions. Often, questions make assumptions and expect everyone to agree
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Should we limit the use of the term "dog whistle"?
We've previously discussed flagging dog whistles, but I think we should discuss the use of the term "dog whistle" in questions and answers.
tim gave this answer which says
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Does "political cause, group or politician" include national governments?
In the Question closed message:
The primary purpose of this question appears to be to promote or discredit a specific political cause, group or politician.
does "political cause, group or ...
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Can the core of the recent question addressing attacks on Biden's mental state be saved?
Philipp recently closed a question about Joe Biden and Donald Trump's mental states:
How come Joe Biden's mental state is in question while Donald Trump's is addressed with so much restraint? as "...
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How do I prove my question is asked in good faith?
A couple days ago I asked this question: Has Biden apologized for saying a neoconfederate organization had many fine people?. The close reason given was “The primary purpose of this question ...
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Does claiming someone is dog-whistling go against "assuming good faith"?
I was reading this meta article and came across the idea of assuming good faith. It is mentioned in the podcast body:
So I think as long as everyone is operating from a place of assuming
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Should lack of "good-faith effort to learn (..)" be linked to a clear part of the question?
I have stumbled across this question which received 3 close votes from which 2 are "The primary purpose of this question appears to be to promote or discredit a specific political cause, group or ...
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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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A full and objective description of good faith?
I've noticed a number of recent trend where both moderators are deleting and I am voting to close questions and answers on grounds that they were not written in "good faith".
Examples include:
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