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How do we deal with "dangerous" questions?
I'm worried about some of the avalanche questions that have popped up today. There have been some good general answers, but I'm nervous that someone might read an answer, and somehow feel prepared to ...
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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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How can we drive more questions to the site?
We are currently in the needs work section on Area 51. We were at a pretty healthy rate right away but this number is slowly dropping and needs to be improved if the site is to keep up its current ...
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Be Nice - A Reminder
We've had a couple of incidents recently where people have started being quite confrontational and generally unpleasant to other users. I don't want to call anyone out or mention any specifics but can ...
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Please consider upvoting the questions you answer
This is something I have noticed recently, where a question will have more answers than upvotes, and it seems a little unfair because if there were no questions, there would be nothing to answer.
I ...
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We need to get the question rate up
The question rate needs improving on this site.
thoughts, suggestions?
Moving in the right direction
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Can we increase the amount of voting/reviewing on the site?
I would really like to see the community vote more often around here.
Reasons for upvoting more.
It makes the site look good to have upvoted questions because that means people are involved. To see a ...
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Are hunting questions on topic for the Great Outdoors?
Are questions related to the sport of hunting (and fishing) on topic for The Great Outdoors Stack Exchange?
If you visit the Area51 proposal, you'll see that Fishing and Hunting has been merged into ...
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Are "car camping" questions on topic here?
For example, this question about ice in a cooler. I am afraid that if we open the site to questions like that, soon we will have questions about RV's and campers and portable gazebos and whatnot.
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Tagging geographic areas
I asked a question about camping on beaches, and I am interested specifically in the US's east coast from Main to Maryland, more or less. I tagged the question with new-england and mid-atlantic rather ...
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How far to go with too localized?
There are a few questions which I feel may be too localized, but I'm not quite ready to use the close vote. A few examples.
Are there beaches on the East Coast (US) where one can camp without a ...
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Tag naming conventions
We should make an effort to keep tags fairly uniform in their construction. I'm thinking:
Actions with a proper -tion noun form should use that form (navigation, water-purification)
Actions ...
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Is the large picture necessary?
In this answer a user included a picture of the apparatus they recommended would help solve my problem.
The picture struck me as large, so I "tinified" it, appending a 't' to the imgur link. (Version ...
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PSA - Posted editing etiquette
When editing posts for grammar and spelling, try to keep edits light handed. A few simple rules I try to use:
If you are editing a post because it is incorrect (Starp -> Strap) then it's a good ...
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Is urban exploration on-topic?
Recently, two questions on urban exploration / urban geocaching were asked:
How to deal with aggressive homeless when exploring urbex?
Urbex question: How to protect myself from asbestos?
Are such ...
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