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Are questions on racial stereotypes in the US on-topic?

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Dealing with edited answers

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modified Apr 27 at 18:28 T.E.D.♦ 62.8k

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Why was this question removed?

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modified Apr 24 at 15:03 Lars Bosteen 16.6k

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Why is History SE underlying in red “Habsburg” and tries to impose “Hapsburg”?

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Is there any particular reason why all Turkey-related questions were bumped today?

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modified Apr 13 at 18:34 CGCampbell 2,516

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Why did my answer get a downvote?

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answered Mar 22 at 17:35 LangLangC 6,234

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Why did my question get a downvote?

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modified Mar 22 at 12:38 Mark C. Wallace♦ 21k

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Is it time to update our custom close reasons?

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modified Mar 19 at 1:45 Semaphore♦ 63.3k

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Should we allow easy to answer questions?

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How to fix this question

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Should we allow Wikipedia to be referenced as an academic source in answers?

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answered Mar 8 at 2:09 sempaiscuba♦ 33.4k

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Site policy for very heavily-trolled topics

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modified Mar 2 at 8:26 Semaphore♦ 63.3k

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We need a notification system for voters after an edit was made to a voted-on post

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modified Mar 1 at 4:06 LangLangC 6,234

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Removing personal details from questions and answers?

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answered Feb 27 at 22:58 Mithrandir 278

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Factual comment removed

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References, comprehensiveness and accuracy vs perceived popularity

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modified Feb 25 at 12:48 Lars Bosteen 16.6k

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Are there any ways in which we can get more users to visit History meta?

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modified Feb 23 at 9:34 yannis 11.6k

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How are questions migrated?

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modified Feb 22 at 15:50 Semaphore♦ 63.3k

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Dealing with questions showing “obvious” bias

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answered Feb 22 at 15:06 T.E.D.♦ 62.8k

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Why was my answer deleted?

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modified Feb 20 at 1:34 T.E.D.♦ 62.8k

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What should be the standard message for “Please document research”?

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modified Feb 18 at 10:05 Semaphore♦ 63.3k

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Update: What are History SE's chances of graduating?

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modified Feb 17 at 16:24 T.E.D.♦ 62.8k

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Dealing with newbie questions - again

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modified Feb 13 at 23:31 LangLangC 6,234

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Warning about answers that just copy online sources

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modified Feb 10 at 14:53 Robert Cartaino♦ 279

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Elaborate reason for vote to put 'on hold' drowned in the process of 'vote to close'

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Rename tag medieval-china

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I Have Been Serial Serial-Down-Voted; What (if Anything) Should I Do?

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answered Jan 31 at 9:24 Semaphore♦ 63.3k

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Question about a Closed Question

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modified Jan 30 at 23:54 sempaiscuba♦ 33.4k

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casus-belli tag?

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asked Jan 30 at 21:05 Denis de Bernardy 9,991

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Do we expect answers to cite sources?

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answered Jan 30 at 13:12 Lars Bosteen 16.6k

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What is the purpose of the 'Add another answer' button?

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modified Jan 29 at 12:01 TheHonRose 4,514

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Curious what “positive question record” means"?

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modified Jan 24 at 23:41 sempaiscuba♦ 33.4k

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Make [Great Britain] just plain old [Britain] again

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modified Jan 24 at 17:28 MAGolding 3,559

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Poll - how many among the users are “professional” historians?

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modified Jan 23 at 14:56 Lars Bosteen 16.6k

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Downvote: you really should say why and how to improve

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Request for references when other sources have failed

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A consensus to make citations mandatory on this site

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answered Jan 14 at 17:18 Ne Mo 4,367

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Does anyone use any offline tools to help compose their answers?

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modified Jan 14 at 12:18 LangLangC 6,234

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Welcome to our new pro tem moderators!

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modified Jan 11 at 9:40 Semaphore♦ 63.3k

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Etiquette of breaking down a large question into a series of smaller ones

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answered Dec 26 '17 at 9:04 Tom Au 72.1k

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Why was my first question here on History Stack Exchange put on hold?

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modified Dec 25 '17 at 19:34 Denis de Bernardy 9,991

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When comments are flagged, are related comments looked at by moderators?

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modified Dec 21 '17 at 19:48 T.E.D.♦ 62.8k

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Should History.SE be deleting answers posted as comments?

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answered Dec 21 '17 at 13:08 Semaphore♦ 63.3k

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Anonymous Edits: very uncomfortable with this feature

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modified Dec 20 '17 at 13:21 NSNoob 5,616

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Creation of a “Schleswig-Holstein” regional tag?

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modified Dec 18 '17 at 14:06 andejons 3,866

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Moderator Position Open - Nominations Needed

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modified Dec 13 '17 at 19:29 animuson♦ 101

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“What are the merits of why didn't” questions?

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modified Dec 10 '17 at 17:19 KorvinStarmast 3,072

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Does the fact that comments aren't anonymous discourage people who downvote from explaining why?

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modified Dec 4 '17 at 18:09 KorvinStarmast 3,072

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