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2024: a year in moderation
It’s that time of the year again! As we bid farewell to the year that's concluded and welcome the new one, we have a tradition of sharing moderation stats for the preceding calendar year.
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Can we reduce the required close vote number from 5 to 3?
We're a small site; last month, we had a grand total of 33 people who had any positive reputation changes at all.
Yet, we require that 5 people vote "duplicate" or "off-topic" on a ...
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Thanks for sticking with me, even if I'm grumpy about specific (abusive) users
Just what the title says: we had an influx of questions of a user asking the same question again and again without really caring for previous answers they got, instead using multiple sockpuppet ...
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reviewing low quality Posts: Incorrect == Low quality?
Context here is when reviewing posts in the “Low Quality Posts” queue.
this is an obviously honest attempt to answer the question, though it is 100% incorrect.
Looks OK: This is an honest attempt at ...
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Ads test beginning December 3, 2024
We’ve been exploring the concept of using open auction to manage advertising on some Stack Exchange sites. Under this model, advertisers (who have been organized into categories based on their ...
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Editing other's posts: adding to answers
I ran across this excellent answer to Can larger antennas damage an HT radio? and went through the following thought process:
Great points about desense in the front end.
Hrm, desense can be ...
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Why has the timeout been reduced in chat?
Our chat room, Ham Shack, is now inaccessible!
For years, Ham Shack was not closed for lack of activity. But it just automatically closed after only 14 days of inactivity. 😡
Please put it back the ...
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2023: a year in moderation
It’s that time of the year again! As we wave goodbye to last year and welcome the new one, we have a tradition of sharing moderation stats for the preceding calendar year.
As most of you here might be ...
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Should we more narrowly define the scope of this stack?
What made me wonder this is this question:
How do radio jammers work?
Is this about radio technology? Yes. Is it something an amateur radio operator likely has knowledge about? Probably. Is it ...
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10th Anniversary of Amateur Radio SE!
In October ham.stackexchange.com turned 10 years old. Congratulations on asking, answering, voting, and building this community for a whole decade!
Whenever a Stack Exchange site turns 10 we like to ...
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Presence at the SDR & Ham Radio devroom at FOSDEM'24
Does anyone want to drop by and say hello? Do we have a dedicated presence / Birds-of-a-feather meeting (we might want to coordinate that with the Belgian hams)?
I'm attaching the call for ...
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what are the criteria for deleting vs closing a question?
For example, this question about a GMRS hand held that is answered in the manual is both poorly researched (not researched at all... it's in the dang manual that I don't have but is the first google ...
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Presence at SDRA/HAMRADIO Friedrichshafen
I was just wondering whether people will meet in Friedrichshafen, especially at SDRA, considering the community here is at least a bit software-affine, in general.
I'll try to be there (still having ...
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Is it appropriate to ask questions on how to boost the reception on my FM radio here?
I know that this stack exchange is mean for amateur radio. Would it still be acceptable to ask about issues with the antenna and reception of my FM radio here, or is there a better place for that?
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2022: a year in moderation
As we say goodbye to the old year and welcome the new one, we have a tradition of sharing moderation stats for the preceding calendar year.
As most of you here are aware, sites on the Stack Exchange ...
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