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Popular, detailed, controversial answer on a legal topic deleted. Appropriate?

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Where to ask questions about how to write a job application?

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Angular 2 is a long time ago

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Should we discourage questions that are overly abstracted, with unrealistic examples?

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2018: a year in moderation

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How can I improve my question to get feedback instead of downvotes?

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What happened to this question

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What happened to my bounty?

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Please delete a post for me

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Reopen controversial question?

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modified Nov 19 '18 at 16:45 Doc Brown 131k

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Is it ok to demand effort from the OP?

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Having 3 or more images in a row shows “Unformatted code”

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“Name that thing” questions

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Software Engineering's updated site theme is live!

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Reopen question?

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How do I find what made a question extremely popular?

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Should I reference the open-source library used for posted code examples?

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Using Software Engineering to side step the rules on Stack Overflow

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This question is often referenced, but it was closed as too broad. Yet it's a clear question with a good answer

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Is it a good idea to edit out curse words and foul language?

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answered Sep 16 '18 at 13:11 Martin Maat 8,139

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Can I ask for general feedback on a project of mine

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Open letter to students with homework problems

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How to deal with Accepted Answers that are actually dangerous to those that might use it?

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Tag synonym inversion-of-control and ioc

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How can I improve my on hold question?

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How is it valid that a question considers another question a duplicate, but that other question was considered off topic?

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If I was a homework cheater, [duplicate]

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Is it `interface` or interface?

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Why are comments on the original question locked on low rep?

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Does this question break the education or career advice

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Is the behavior of this user reasonable? What can I do about it?

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answered Jul 24 '18 at 11:57 Thomas Owens♦ 59.2k

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I wanna be constructive, but it seems this sub has some rules I just can't seem to grasp. What am I missing?

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Is this the right place to ask about algorithm / data structure related questions?

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Are question about versioning of software on topic?

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My question heavily downvoted & deleted, analogous quesion heavily upvoted

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Why are so many questions down voted?

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Is the software engineering site suitable for asking software architecture?

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Where to start?

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Usage of Flow tag

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I have been banned to ask questions

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What is wrong with this question

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How can I improve my question to fit the site better?

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Why is this heavily downvoted?

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Can you help me improving my questions on Software Engineering?

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Is the “internship” tag still of any use?

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modified Jun 6 '18 at 2:02 candied_orange 52.5k

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A “welcome to software engineering” comment for questionable questions

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Would “suggest improvements” be better than “add a comment” here

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Is there anything wrong with this question?

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