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Proposal: delete tags “meaning” and “word-meaning”

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Consolidated grammar tag discussions and a clean-up proposal

discussion featured tags tag-cleaning

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Let's not dissuade users from adding valuable content to posts

discussion suggested-edits

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Is This Tag Useful? Episode 1 - The Big Boss (grammar)

discussion tags tag-cleaning

modified 2 days ago Mari-Lou A 6,370

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Searches that might help you find questions that need attention

discussion voting unanswered-questions

modified 2 days ago ColleenV♦ 7,964

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Currently Unresolved Proposal List

discussion

modified 2 days ago ColleenV♦ 7,964

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Academic plagiarism

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modified Nov 19 at 2:26 Mick 2,191

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Do we focus more on building a database of answers, or helping individual learners?

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modified Nov 18 at 23:09 M.A.R. 4,070

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Policy for questions that are entirely answerable with a dictionary

discussion off-topic

modified Nov 18 at 13:33 ColleenV♦ 7,964

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How to ask an English learner to clarify a question without knowing their current grasp of English?

discussion questions

modified Nov 17 at 9:30 Chenmunka 5,098

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Answering questions about “formal” English

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modified Nov 16 at 11:23 Christophe Strobbe 523

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Dealing with one post with multiple (4) questions

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modified Nov 16 at 3:06 Community♦ 1

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Formatting Sandbox – Please test stuff here

discussion formatting

modified Nov 13 at 19:10 snailplane♦ 23.8k

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Extensive edits and bounty allocation by same user

discussion support editing bounty

modified Nov 9 at 3:46 Alan Carmack 1

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How can we ask for other moderators to step in?

support moderators

modified Nov 9 at 3:02 ColleenV♦ 7,964

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Should we delete answers that have no explanations?

discussion review deleted-answers quality

modified Nov 8 at 8:57 Nathan Tuggy 7,695

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Commenting vs. Answering

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modified Nov 8 at 1:16 Alan Carmack 1

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Why are we removing kindness and encouragement? [duplicate]

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modified Nov 7 at 17:46 EnglishTeacherEric 503

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Do answers need to be in English?

discussion answers

modified Nov 6 at 19:28 Mari-Lou A 6,370

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Help needed, re: removing accidentally created tag

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modified Nov 6 at 19:17 shin 4,096

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What am I supposed to do with questions about Historical English (e.g., 'the sticking-place' question)?

discussion

modified Nov 5 at 18:41 Mari-Lou A 6,370

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A question with 20k views that could have a canonical answer

discussion specific-question canonical-posts

modified Nov 5 at 8:29 Mari-Lou A 6,370

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If there's only two or three possible contexts for a question, don't vote to close it as unclear, too broad, or Details Please

discussion close-reasons vote-to-close

answered Nov 3 at 20:43 ColleenV♦ 7,964

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What's the policy on using profanity in answers (where appropriate)?

discussion

modified Nov 2 at 22:13 ColleenV♦ 7,964

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Is the tag word-difference useful since we already have the tag difference?

discussion tags tag-cleaning

modified Nov 2 at 21:59 ColleenV♦ 7,964

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Proposal: Synonymize [syntax] and [sentence-construction]

discussion tags tag-synonyms tag-cleaning

modified Oct 28 at 17:08 ColleenV♦ 7,964

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Flaws in the voting model in re. questions

discussion voting

modified Oct 27 at 7:46 M.A.R. 4,070

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Incorrect reputation history

bug down-votes reputation

asked Oct 25 at 17:30 Glorfindel 3,282

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What does it take to have consensus?

discussion consensus

modified Oct 21 at 13:55 ColleenV♦ 7,964

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Proposal: Blacklist [sentences]

discussion tags tag-cleaning

modified Oct 21 at 2:01 ColleenV♦ 7,964

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Are answers which consist only of block quotes acceptable

discussion

answered Oct 21 at 1:42 ColleenV♦ 7,964

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Is wiktionary a reasonable source to back up answers?

discussion answers online-resources hyperlinks

answered Oct 19 at 17:52 sumelic 1,655

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My question doesn't belong to me any more

support

modified Oct 18 at 0:05 ColleenV♦ 7,964

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Can I post essays for evaluation here?

support

answered Oct 17 at 9:25 J.R.♦ 68.7k

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When should the “sentences” tag be used?

discussion tags tag-wiki

modified Oct 12 at 15:58 kiamlaluno 14.5k

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Retag “phrase” as “phrases”

support status-completed tags retagging

modified Oct 11 at 4:34 snailplane♦ 23.8k

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Help with new “passive” tag

discussion tags tag-synonyms

modified Oct 11 at 4:04 kiamlaluno 14.5k

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Synonymize [negative] to point to [negation]

discussion status-completed tag-synonyms

modified Oct 11 at 0:09 snailplane♦ 23.8k

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Synonymize [opposite-word] to point to [antonyms]

discussion status-completed tag-synonyms

modified Oct 11 at 0:04 snailplane♦ 23.8k

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Should we not use “verbs” instead of “verb”?

discussion status-completed tags

modified Oct 11 at 0:03 snailplane♦ 23.8k

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Should we prefer plural in tags?

discussion status-completed tags tag-synonyms

modified Oct 11 at 0:03 snailplane♦ 23.8k

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Should not “passive-voice” and “passive” be merged?

discussion status-completed tags tag-cleaning

modified Oct 11 at 0:02 snailplane♦ 23.8k

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Can “What should I do when someone answers my question?” be improved etc.?

discussion feature-request

modified Oct 10 at 23:33 P. E. Dant 6,755

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Pretentious writing tag

discussion status-completed tags

modified Oct 10 at 22:30 snailplane♦ 23.8k

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Where do we draw the off-topic line?

discussion scope vote-to-close

answered Oct 10 at 11:51 kiamlaluno 14.5k

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Why did the “system” display two different usernames for the same question, depending on the way you accessed the question?

support

modified Oct 10 at 7:59 Mari-Lou A 6,370

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Why are users not being more actively guided to accept?

discussion support

answered Oct 10 at 0:34 Alan Carmack 1

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