Questions tagged [rules]
Use this tag for questions about the enforced rules around the SE Network.
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No AI content, fine, now how about AI agents?
"Siri, vote every day in a random time two random posts of myHatedEnemy down. Also send a report about the activites of his recently downvoted posts."
They will automatize tasks. Today they ...
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What sort of comments would get me suspended? [duplicate]
What if I don't say anything bad to people and don't violate rules on purpose but make a comment somewhere on SE literally "I do not care about the rules".
Will I be suspended just for ...
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What to do if a question violates the rules and no one wants to fix this?
One of Stack Exchange network websites has a question that clearly violates the rules described in the help center of that site.
As I strive to make Stack Overflow a high quality knowledge base, I ...
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Is it allowed to give all of one's reputation points away via bounty? [duplicate]
If a person wants to leave, would they be able to give away loads or all of their points through bounties (reward existing answer mainly), or would that be flagged as some sort of offense and shut ...
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Does including commercial links (to the poster's benefit) explicitly violate Stack Exchange rules?
Maybe I should divide the question into two separate ones, but I'm wondering if making commercial use of Stack Exchange violates any rules. Specifically,
If I put affiliate Amazon links in my answers,...
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How to ask about the origin of certain "rule" and its "ruling" attributes
How do I ask about the source of terms and "rules" not explained on a per-site Tour and Help Center without disturbing too much Meta Stack Exchange? Should I make a post for each term and a ...
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What percentage of users mod-warned (no suspension) for posting AI-generated answers have gone on to write legitimate answers?
Put differently, what percentage of users who post AI-generated answers have demonstrated motivation to contribute content without violating site-specific AI-generated content policies or the rules ...
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Stack Exchange should show rules on the right side when making post to help users follow the rules
When making posts on Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange, you can see on the right side "Draft Your Question" and "Helpful Links." While the latter contains links for asking good ...
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Is it allowed on SE to include AI (ChatGPT) generated output in the question post? [duplicate]
My initial understanding is that Stack Exchange currently bans ChatGPT generated answers.
But is it allowed to include text that ChatGPT has generated as part of a question?
As an example:
Suppose I ...
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Is "the community" an arbiter or an authority of "belonging" on the site?
tl;dr version: Is "the community" a legislative body or a judicial one?
In What topics can I ask about here? there are a few guidelines right at the top that ostensibly inform you whether or ...
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Can local Stack Exchange communities set policies that result in exceptions to SE rules in the Help Center pages? [duplicate]
Background
For the last eight years users over at Worldbuilding, we have been debating about whether or not it's acceptable to ask questions that result in list answers. To be clear, these are ...
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Are memes allowed on Stack Exchange sites?
I know that emojis are not allowed in the Q&A, because they are considered distractions, but they are allowed in the comments on Stack Overflow.
Let's suppose that I am answering a question and to ...
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Is it acceptable for moderators to legislate new policies?
A while back, in their Meta Stack Exchange post Moderators are Police Officers, not Politicians, anonymous2 mentioned regarding ♦ moderators:
Our job is to enforce the law, not to define it. If a ...
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Are throw-away lines referencing bigoted activity against the CoC?
In some cases, references to bigoted activity are essential to the question itself:
Example from Academia
Example from the Workplace
However, I saw a question today from IPS that made me wonder ...
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How to locate unwritten rules which suspend your account
Fundamentally any punishment is intended to remedy undesirable behavior
Yet when there is no definition of what is desirable or undesirable, punishment crosses the line into abuse as, it is not ...
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