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What is our policy on creating new tags?
A relatively new user has created the tag fins. Ordinarily I would not notice this, or much care, but he has twice edited a question of mine to add his new tag, which I have twice rejected.
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Why are there every day so many questions in the "new question list" which are years old but recently modified?
I'm wondering why there are so many "modified" questions in the list? In my opinion that's kinda annoying and makes it difficult/annoying to find the real new questions. Wouldn't it be better not ...
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How can I reach the entire moderator team at once, to let them know I'd like private advice from one or more?
This is a procedural question.
How can we reach all the moderators of the site at one time, especially if I want private advice.
The purpose would never be to take them away from the hard, ...
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How on the web or on this exchange can one find homemade / modified / custom wilderness technology?
Looking for websites, exchanges etc where people who have created or substantially modified outdoor technology for their own purposes share it, preferably in enough detail to allow others to comment ...
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Congratulations, you're no longer in Beta!
This site started private beta before July 2012, so it is no longer "beta", it is a full site by our definition. We've removed the word "beta" from your site banner because we believe that you aren't ...
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Photo Competition: August - Activity
Rules that are always applicable are as follows:
One photo per answer, and no more than 5 answers per user per contest.
Post only photos taken by yourself/person with you.
All entries should include a ...
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What do we think about Rules-of-the-Sport questions?
I have been contemplating this question: Sailing rules within three boat length circle and the comments on it. I may be overlapping a bit with this older meta Which sports need to be discussed?, but ...
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Photo Competition: July - Close up
Rules that are always applicable are as follows:
One photo per answer, and no more than 5 answers per user per contest.
Post only photos taken by yourself/person with you.
All entries should include a ...
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What do we do if the photo contest ends in a tie?
There are only 10 days left in the June photography contest, and there is now, and has been for about a week, a tie for first place.
What do users think we should do if the tie persists to the end of ...
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How much narrower does the question about boat docks need to be to in order to be reopened?
This question about boat docks was closed as too broad. This is the original version before it was closed or edited.
What needs to be added to make it narrow enough to be reopened?
Season of the ...
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Photo Competition June: Baby or Juvenile Animals in TGO
Rules that are always applicable are as follows:
One photo per answer, and no more than 5 answers per user per contest**
Post only photos taken by yourself/person with you
All entries should include a ...
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Why are people VtCing the Question about Backpacking Trails in NW Washington
This question asks about backpacking trail in Northwest Washington state in early June.
The OP is concerned about finding a trail that is not impassable because of snow. He is not asking about a ...
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Site activity is on a downward trend
By running this query and comparing the first 4 months of this year to the same months in past years, a downward trend in activity becomes apparent.
Of all these the downward trend in votes, users, ...
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What is happening with the recent massive loss of upvotes affecting many users?
@Charlie Brumbaugh raised this question on Chat a few days ago. He tallied a recent loss of upvotes involving 15 users losing a total of 3,379 votes. To that add another user (me) losing 205 upvotes ...
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Is Interest Waning in the Photography Contest?
The last two photography contests have had many fewer entries than the first several -- campsite, 6; homemade gear only 3 so far.
Is interest intrinsically waning, or are there other reason(s), for ...
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