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2014 Moderator Election Q&A - Questionnaire
In connection with the moderator elections, we are holding a Q&A thread for the candidates. Questions collected from an earlier thread have been compiled into this one, which shall now serve as ...
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What makes a good focused question?
In response to Can we reverse the trend on low quality posts? we would like to propose the following thoughts on what defines a good focused question.
The primary focus of this site is a place to ask ...
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Can we reverse the trend on low quality posts?
In the beginning, there was Christianity.SE
Congratulations community, we are now just over half-way through the minimum stay in public beta! We have lots of participation and a full seven weeks of ...
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Anyone care to share templated comments?
I use the AutoReviewComment user script so that it actually pops up for me in the comment box and allows me to choose what to say to users. I recently shared all of my templated comments for import ...
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Why not have new members go through a general introduction page?
As a new member I was turned off by having asked questions that were either voted down right away, put on hold, and have just now gotten to the pages defining what is and is not acceptable on the site....
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Are exploratory questions (i.e. ones that develop new theology) off topic?
Since the very early days of this site, I have been fairly outspoken in my opinion that this is not (and should be made to be) an appropriate replacement for churches in researching, formulating and ...
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So what does it take to have an honest and open discussion here?
My answer (originally posted here) was deleted:
being that i cannot comment, i'll respond in the Answer box again,
until David or someone deletes it.
i also grew up in a tea-totalling ...
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Should adherence to official doctrines be the only judge of quality?
I posted an answer to a question but some folks raised objection. Apparently as defined by this meta post I'm supposed to confine my answer to an official doctrinal position.
This is a bit difficult ...
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Why were my answers deleted, is there a moderator bias on this site?
I've just joined this site and have had 2 of my answers deleted by wax eagle and both were questions that touched upon Calvinism, and my answers were clearly not from a Calvinistic perspective. Though ...
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Guidelines for writing effective answers
A question was recently asked on meta to solicit suggestions on how to develop answers with a "polite and academic tone," with an eye toward helping users to better understand the purpose and function ...
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Are "what advice does the Bible give on X topic" questions constructive?
My instinct is to say no. In fact I just closed this one here:
Is there any biblical doctrine on how to avoid paranoia as a Christian under an Protestant framework?
To me, the question reads like a ...
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I want to answer someone's question
Why does this website operate on privileges and points? I came on here to answer a question from a genuine Catholic person about their prayers not being answered. I have lots of experience with God ...
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Why is hubris allowed on this site?
I answered a question. My answer may be right or wrong. That's not the issue. Someone calling themselves, comically, "David," wrote in his comment to my answer:
That's not what the question was. ...
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Where to talk about reality behind religious stories? Christianity site only for believers?
I recently answered a question, regarding the death of Ananias and Sapphira in the Book of Acts (Chapter 5), where I suggested that it was likely murder committed by the leaders of the early christian ...
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Where Quality is Job #1
Until recently, there's been a some concern about the quantity of questions and users. Sites sometimes get quiet...too quiet. But I'd like to propose that we need to shift to focusing on quality, ...
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Why can't we ask hard or divisive questions?
I've observed that a question like "Does sacramental wine become the actual blood of Christ during communion?" is "not an appropriate question" since it's liable to be answered according to the ...
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Should the site be re-named "Christian Doctrine" (not the url)?
A recent post about this topic has illustrated clearly the need for good, solid guidelines. It has shown that we cannot reasonably expect to field all questions about Christianity. The correct ...
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Should the rules on answers be loosened/clarified? [closed]
New to the site, but a member for several months on stackoverflow. As you can easily guess the two are quite different. One where most questions have a universally correct answer where here the ...
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Don't delete my account
Thank you for the encouragement. I'm sorry for taking up everyone's time. I'll try to deal with the system.
After a recent answer of mine was deleted, I went back and
found several other past ...
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Where did the Book of Mormon question go?
There was a question regarding the book of Mormon, and its compatibility with Christian scripture. It vanished, along with the associated answers. Is this common practice?
Why did the book of mormon ...
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how could I be labeled a anti-semite when I am Jewish (semitic) myself?
I answered the question about what the "abomination of desolation" was and David Stratton labled me as being anti-semetic and locked the comments to my answer, I love David Stratton and his insight ...
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What is a well-sourced, dispassionate answer?
This is for discussion purposes only. When an answer needs to be improved, I'd like to be able to link to a FAQ that gives guidance on how to answer, much like What makes a good supported answer?
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How can I contribute to the effort to clean up Christianity.SE?
I've heard rumors of an cleanup effort on Christianity.SE that is in its infancy, how can I contribute so that I can assure my voice is heard from the very beginning?
Branch questions:
Can we ...
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arbitrarily deleted answer
The user wax eagle deleted my answer https://christianity.stackexchange.com/a/4921/282. His comment, to justify his action, is wrong. He wrote:
I'm deleting this because there is in fact supporting ...
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Greeting card messages
...for when you can't think of what to say.
Sometimes we get questions and answers from new users, and I don't know what to say to greet them nicely while also providing advice or criticism. Narnian ...
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Guidelines for good questions that cannot be answered with a good, supported answer?
I understand the need for a good, supported answer to prevent the site from devolving into a free-for-all battle of opinions. I even support this as a matter of personal preference (even though I'm ...
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If I delete an answer I made what happens?
I hastily posted an answer and immediately lost 8 reputation points to
down votes. I would delete it but that might be making things worse
What should one do other than be more careful next time
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Which resources should be used to answer "doctrine" questions?
Recently a question was asked that followed this pattern:
"Factual" assertion (not specific to Christianity, but sets the context for the questions that follow)
Set of "Doctrinal" questions, based on ...
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Examples of high-quality questions
After all of the discussion about increasing the quality of questions and answers on Christianity.SE I am left desiring examples of high-quality questions.
Post examples of high-quality questions ...
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How can I make problematic answers more objective?
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David Stratton recently wrote in another answer:
I've been thinking it would be nice if we had a post here on META that would offer tips for editing Truthy posts to bring them in line ...
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