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How do I prove my question is asked in good faith?
I don't think you can every prove good faith – no matter what rules or advice we give, there will be concern trolls who are happy to abuse them. I think the best thing you can do is interact with the ...
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What is a "push question"?
Simply put it is a question that already knows the answer that it is looking for or more specifically is a question that is looking to support the position of that author and does not care about any ...
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What custom close reasons should we have?
[This reason is now available]
Speculative
Questions asking for the internal motivations of people, how specific individuals would behave in hypothetical situations or predictions for future ...
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How does "Primarily Opinion-Based" work on this site?
Welcome to Politics Stack Exchange.
We handle "Primarily Opinion-Based" very strictly here, maybe even stricter than on most other Stack Exchange sites.
The reason is that we do not want to be a ...
PhilippMod
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What is a "push question"?
The close reason for this ("the primary purpose of this question appears to be to promote or discredit a specific political cause, group or politician") was proposed here. In the simpler ...
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What custom close reasons should we have?
[This reason is now available]
Too opinionated
a.k.a. "rant in disguise"
The primary purpose of this question appears to be to promote or discredit a specific political cause, group or politician....
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Asking about President Johnson's reason for voiding of Sherman's Order No. 15 does not try to "promote or discredit a specific political cause"
At this moment, I have neither voted to close nor downvoted the question. That said, the question has several problems.
Reasons to close:
This is pure history. This does not ask about politics ...
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Why do some "Why do (group) think that...?" questions do very well and others quietly collect close votes?
The difference is that in the questions that were well received, the group in question is a political party with an ideology, policy positions, and ample targeted polling. In your question, you’re ...
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When are media sources considered propaganda and the questions citing them will be closed?
No, I did not claim that any of these websites are propaganda. I claimed that they reported on a claim which is propaganda.
If you read the articles carefully, you will notice that they do not report ...
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Was I wrong to VTC this question?
I think the standard of "future stuff" applies mainly to how politicians will act in a given circumstance. It would be off-topic to ask if Boris Johnson would rejoin the European Union, for ...
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Why are most "Why did country X...?" & "Why does country X think...?" left open yet if it's an individual it's closed (we can't get into their head)?
Don't get me wrong: I don't consider most "why did country do X" questions particularly good questions either, because they invite speculation and opinion. But they are still not as bad as &...
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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"?
I think your question has little bearing on today's politics. It doesn't even have bearing on contemporary politics (which is broader, +-1945 and onward).
If you think your question is relevant you ...
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Deletion of answer which provides accurate attribution for origin of U.S. flag should not have been deleted and should be immediately un-deleted
Your answer was deleted and should remain deleted because the only thing it adds is supplementary information to an already existing answer. We know this because it begins as follows:
It is ...
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Please reword the "good faith" close reason
I don't see this as an attack. In fact, I tend to see this as a course correction for the questioner. Because we're Politics, we have to be prepared for the skewed questions trying to masquerade as ...
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How can we improve a question closed as partisan?
If you make a genuine attempt to steelman an opposing side's argument in the premise of your question, it may make it seem less biased. It may also help you to dis-invest your ego from your political ...
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Is there a way to get information on my closed and deleted questions and answers?
A desire for revenge is not tolerated on this site, @guest271314. Instead of focusing oneself on hurting other users who voted to close posts, one should see if these posts can be improved.
Other ...
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Repeatedly closing and reopening of (highly) controversial questions
I haven't read the question, but FWIW -9 downvotes (and counting), and zero upvotes, is a sign that the question isn't controversial at all.
Only troll types of questions get that type of verdict. ...
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Question labelled bad faith post without much reasoning
Please keep in mind that readers/listeners have a difficult time distinguishing between malignant 'bad faith' and honest, innocent ignorance. In a better world people tend to extend good faith to ...
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How to draw the line between questioning and discrediting a policy?
Politics Stack Exchange is not a discussion forum.
It is, as the help center says:
for objective questions about governments, policies and political processes.
It is not a place to advance opinions ...
PhilippMod
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Close reason tied to a base level understanding of government
That is a good example of a "Rant in Disguise" question.
In essence looks like a question that is not posted in good faith, and is intended to make some point(or in this case, I'd call it a "zinger"...
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How can we improve a question closed as partisan?
Remove Unnecessary Information
Questions closed as partisan often contain unnecessary background information. While this information is at time useful, including too much of it can focus away from ...
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Repeatedly closing and reopening of (highly) controversial questions
I'd just let the 'roller coaster' do its thing because that seems to be entirely by design. There are certain time limits to the close votes so the roller coaster won't go on infinitely (at least not ...
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Why was this on-topic question closed for being off-topic?
Welcome to Politics Stack Exchange. Please note that the purpose of this website is to teach and learn about politics and political processes. We are not here to convince others of our political views ...
PhilippMod
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What does it mean when a question is closed as a duplicate by the "community" robot?
This behaviour is explained on this Meta.SE question:
If you vote to close your own question as a duplicate of something else... and refresh the page, you'll see the "your question may already ...
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Should questions that portray a clear opinion be closed as opinion-based?
I think it is fine to ask about arguments in favor of the (proposed) legalization of certain narcotics.
In your example, the question contains some of the author's opinion which in turn attracted down ...
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What is a "push question"?
Another kind of push question is an argument described as a question. Here at politics.se we ask for questions that can be answered objectively, and people occasionally try to sneak in an argument by ...
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Where do we say racism/ethnic criticism is not OK - even outside user-to-user interaction - in the site's help content?
The document you linked also refers to the Abusive Behavior Policy, which, among other things, says:
we do not allow behaviors or content that cause or contribute to an atmosphere that excludes, ...
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Adding Law and Economics as question migration targets in Closing -> Off-topic -> Migration
Unfortunately, beta sites do not get custom migration targets.
If you happen upon a question that you think would fare better on a different site, feel free to flag for moderation attention and ask ...
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How can I prevent my questions from being closed as "primarily opinion-based"?
I would go so far as to argue that the question is not even on topic as defined in the help center.
Working Themselves Out:
Processes are central to legislation is made. Questions seeking to ...
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