Questions tagged [discussion]
Questions that may not necessarily have a clear-cut right or wrong answer and are often subjective. If your question isn't a bug report, feature request, or request for assistance, or question with a concrete answer, it's probably a discussion.
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Should we have a “crank” tag?
As Stephan Kolassa points out in a recent answer, we don’t have a “crank” tag, though they’re a topic that arises frequently (272 questions or answers total), including recognising them, dealing with ...
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2025: 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.
As most of ...
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Should we have a canonical question about severe consequences for simple errors in published work?
In recent months there have been many questions of the form (edit: made this a bit more accurate and readable)
I published a paper which was largely correct. It also forms part of my PhD dissertation....
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Can we reopen the LCSH question?
How to parse a Library of Congress classification record prefixed with LCSH?
I admit, I initially thought it was off-topic too. But actually, the question is not about a particular book, but about how ...
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Does that question on arXiv policies still deserve to be closed and deleted?
Two months ago, I posted the question Why was this paper rejected by arXiv (mirror 1, mirror 2) as I was surprised that a strong survey paper got rejected by arXiv:
One of my co-authors submitted ...
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Is the site slowly "dying" and can we do anything about it?
I have noticed that there seem to be fewer questions and general engagement these days. A look at the site analytics shows a clear trend: while in summer '23 there were around 100 weekly questions (...
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Questions referencing specific persons who are minors
There has recently been some disagreement amongst A.SE curators concerning a question which mentions a minor by name: Why might a graduate program reject a known genius?. Within a 2-day span:
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Are badges permanent?
Nothing really important, but I recently wondered are badges permanent? That is, once awarded you will keep them even though the conditions change? This is not relevant for most badges, as you cannot ...
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Add Computer Engineering Tag
Please add the Computer Engineering tag. Currently, the Computer Science tag is available, but Computer Engineering is a bit different and this tag cannot be used for it.
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Policy against publishing private correspondence
Due to recurring problems with questions that identify named individuals, we moderators would like to expand our policy against these.
This should only affect a small fraction of questions that cause ...
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Insights from insiders [closed]
Occasionally, individuals from organizations that support academic research show up here.
I thought it would be nice to collect those answers on meta.
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What is our stance on questions asking about tools to help with bibliography management?
What is our stance on questions asking about tools to help with paper writing? Are they on-topic or off-topic?
E.g. Is there any tool to make checking that referencing is correct easier? is open but ...
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What is the policy for posting the same question on multiple SE sites?
On a recent question, I suggested to the OP to ask over at math educators SE instead, as it seems to be a better fit. OP has since done so, yet the original question is still up here at academia SE.
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How to ensure the fair application of objective criteria for opening/closing questions as 'opinion-based'?
Could we develop a more structured framework for determining when a question crosses the line from "requires expert judgment" to "primarily opinion-based"? Existing meta ...
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Is asking for PayPal or other donations in a user's profile a proper use of this site?
Should a user be able to ask other users of this site to donate to their PayPal account?
I noticed this happening and raised a flag on that user's question to inform the moderators. The flag was ...
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