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2013/04/25 | 1,233 | 4,922 | <issue_start>username_0: In my opinion, [this question](https://academia.stackexchange.com/q/9604/5851) and its answer [here](https://academia.stackexchange.com/a/9606/5851) are inviting speculations, comments without proper backing of evidence, and argumentative discussion over an Institute being good or mediocre (aga... |
2013/04/27 | 563 | 2,286 | <issue_start>username_0: [Here](https://academia.stackexchange.com/a/9667/958) aeismail comments:
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> One-line answers aren't allowed per our FAQ's. You should either expand your answer, or it'll have to be converted to a comment
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Is it true? I have skimmed through the FAQ, and it doesn't seem like there is... |
2013/04/29 | 933 | 3,831 | <issue_start>username_0: Currently questions closed as duplicate are what I will refer to as singly linked. A link appears on top of the closed duplicate question pointing to the original question. Nothing is added to the original question. Sometimes the duplicate question has useful answers and comments. By definition... |
2013/05/03 | 355 | 1,393 | <issue_start>username_0: The question <https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/9794/importance-of-going-to-university-in-the-21st-century> was closed on the main site, and identified as non-constructive, although it has received 5 different answers.
How could this question be changed to be more constructive?<iss... |
2013/05/05 | 864 | 3,136 | <issue_start>username_0: This [question](https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/9818/international-variations-in-addressing-academics) essentially asks: In my country we do things like X, how do they do them in your country. That seems like the definition of a big list question to me. I have wanted to ask a simi... |
2013/05/12 | 580 | 2,287 | <issue_start>username_0: The new display at the bottom is not very good, in my opinion: I would expect to see "Academia" under "Professional," but that's not even in one of the categories shown in the display below—you have to click through to get to a site where you then have to hunt around to find it. That's not a ve... |
2013/05/15 | 651 | 2,614 | <issue_start>username_0: There is an abundance of questions relating to Computer Science, which is great.
However, when a question is discipline-dependent, IMHO it is crucial to advertise this fact in the title (unless it's otherwise clear) AND in tags (in this case: [computer-science](https://academia.stackexchange.c... |
2013/05/21 | 586 | 2,404 | <issue_start>username_0: There has been several questions recently about tags, and topic related tags in particular. I was wondering: **how do you use tags? Why do we care about them?**
Personally, I don't use them at all, I only search for questions through the search bar. It would therefore be helpful to see what ki... |
2013/05/27 | 502 | 2,163 | <issue_start>username_0: I noticed that there are quite a few users with questions that are little open-ended, which is not a good fit for the Q/A format that we have on SE sites. I suppose a lot of us, grad students, would like to have a medium of communication where we can *discuss* matters and questions about previo... |
2013/05/27 | 343 | 1,319 | <issue_start>username_0: I accidentally noted that [a particular question](https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/10247/why-are-cs-researchers-reluctant-to-share-code-and-what-techniques-can-i-use-to) does not appear on the list of questions when I am not signed in. The question comes up in the top five once I am... |
2013/06/05 | 1,267 | 4,091 | <issue_start>username_0: We all love [Academia Stack Exchange](http://academia.stackexchange.com), but there is a whole world of people out there who need answers to their questions and don't even know that this site exists. When they arrive from Google, what will their first impression be? Let's try to look at this si... |
2013/06/09 | 456 | 1,810 | <issue_start>username_0: Given that the consensus here has become "undergraduate questions are off-topic unless relating to graduate admissions", we need to support the proposed Undergraduates.SE so that these questions have a place to go.
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> [Undergraduates SE](http://area51.stackexchange.com/proposals/49571/underg... |
2013/06/24 | 430 | 1,666 | <issue_start>username_0: There's only been one such question so far, but, depending on weather this question is accepted as a good one or not, it could set up future standards for the site, so I feel it is important:
<https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/10735/en-shs-comment-participer-a-la-grande-conversation... |
2013/06/27 | 233 | 872 | <issue_start>username_0: In many fields (traditionally, Medicine but also increasingly the social sciences), applying for IRB approval is an integral part of being an academic. Are such questions on topic, and if so under what parameters (e.g. focusing on standard procedures vs. slippery ethical questions)?
The IRB ha... |
2013/07/04 | 746 | 2,989 | <issue_start>username_0: Recently, the question [How often should one evaluate a plan for an academic career?](https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/10928/how-often-should-one-evaluate-a-plan-for-an-academic-career?noredirect=1#comment20098_10928) has been closed without a single comment explaining why it should... |
2013/07/06 | 514 | 1,946 | <issue_start>username_0: About this question:
<https://academia.stackexchange.com/q/10959/96>
Which asks:
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> I'm hoping to enroll onto a PhD program. I've heard that twitter might help me find a PhD program. This question is inspired by this video in the British Ecological Society Careers YouTube channel: <http://m.... |
2013/07/16 | 1,165 | 4,523 | <issue_start>username_0: This is quite discouraging. Why was my answer to [this thread](https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/11165/how-to-respond-to-someone-plagiarizing-my-work/11173#11173) deleted?
It says converted to comment, but I do not see it anywhere. This is the 2nd time (according to my reputation re... |
2013/07/22 | 359 | 1,248 | <issue_start>username_0: Why do I get a yellow “0 flag” alert on the top bar, on Academia, where I am not a moderator? It links to the “tools” page, where there is nothing for me to do:
Same situation exists on Meta:
, the reply from Ian Pack is a blatant one as a quick search shows he works for the company that he is "recommending", I would not be ... |
2013/07/24 | 231 | 819 | <issue_start>username_0: I wanted to either vote to close or flag <https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/11360/form-get-method-prints-viewstate-value-in-addressbar> as suitable for SO.SE, but I could only suggest it belongs on ac.meta.se (which it doesn't). If something belongs on another SE site how do I vote t... |
2013/07/24 | 1,060 | 4,567 | <issue_start>username_0: Following on the question [What's the policy regarding localized (read: country specific) questions?](https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/q/415/4394) and [Are US-specific questions OK?](https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/q/188/4394) My own opinion is that country specific questions are... |
2013/07/24 | 939 | 3,665 | <issue_start>username_0: When recently voting to close an off-topic undergraduate question, I saw this screen:
with the phrase:
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> Questions about **problems facing undergraduate students** are off-topic unless they can also apply to graduate or po... |
2013/07/26 | 429 | 1,627 | <issue_start>username_0: I found [this question](https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/11411/is-there-any-scientific-rigor-in-scientometry) interesting so I took a few minutes to remove a variety of typos ("gouvernemental", etc.).
I saved the edits, double-checked the question and closed the page.
Later I com... |
2013/07/28 | 1,112 | 3,772 | <issue_start>username_0: I am unable to understand the comments and the down-votes on [this question of mine](https://academia.stackexchange.com/q/11470/5851).
[The question is deleted now, original text reproduced below]
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> I realize we do not have a definitive answer/guideline on the purpose of pre-print archiv... |
2013/07/29 | 737 | 3,094 | <issue_start>username_0: I understand that questions on AC.SE are going to be "softer" in nature than the programming questions typical of SO.SE, but I think our answers often are "softer" then needed. I often read answers and think "Citation Needed". Are we answering questions based on our personal experience when we ... |
2013/08/10 | 344 | 1,443 | <issue_start>username_0: There are several questions with with the words "high school" and teaching on academia.
Can a public school teacher be considered an "academician"? I haven't found any other stackexchange site that is likely to allow for questions about teaching, much less at the secondary level. Has anyone fo... |
2013/08/23 | 275 | 1,217 | <issue_start>username_0: I was under the impression that URL shortners were either discouraged or outright banned. I recently edited a question to replace a bit.ly link with a direct link, and that edit suggestion was rejected. What is the official policy of this site for URL shortners? Certainly there's no need for th... |
2013/09/03 | 1,348 | 4,467 | <issue_start>username_0: We all love [Academia Stack Exchange](http://academia.stackexchange.com), but there is a whole world of people out there who need answers to their questions and don't even know that this site exists. When they arrive from Google, what will their first impression be? Let's try to look at this si... |
2013/09/05 | 757 | 2,713 | <issue_start>username_0: The question would have to be very specific and answerable, but would hypothetical (and realistic) questions be permitted?
What I mean by this is, would situations that do not necessarily happen to the person asking the question, but could happen (and may have happened) be permitted?<issue_com... |
2013/09/05 | 815 | 2,905 | <issue_start>username_0: I rejected an edit suggestion to that post: <https://academia.stackexchange.com/a/12489/49>.
However, just after my click I realized that I should keep some parts of the edit, as they improve the answer (my quick reject was based on edit on a quoted material).
1. Does comment justifying the ... |
2013/09/13 | 387 | 1,643 | <issue_start>username_0: Say, a question that is not a perfect fit for the site was posted - mostly some consider it to have some merit, some do not.
What if said question generates some very useful answers (not just upvoted, but generate comments that indicate the usefulness). Will the question (hence, useful answers... |
2013/09/16 | 1,510 | 5,798 | <issue_start>username_0: We have some [tag synonym suggestions](https://academia.stackexchange.com/tags/synonyms) that have not been voted on, despite being quite old. I'd like to suggest people visit the [tag synonym page](https://academia.stackexchange.com/tags/synonyms) and vote on existing suggestions:
, and wanted to vote to send it to StackOverflow, but noticed that I couldn't choose to do that:
 has been asking a lot of questions. I am starting to get the feeling that they fall under the
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part of [don't ask](https://academ... |
2013/10/15 | 881 | 3,691 | <issue_start>username_0: In [this](https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/13342/is-it-a-good-practice-to-choose-my-undergraduate-research-topic-on-my-own-can-i) question, JeffE says that academic research questions are firmly on topic. However, [this](https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/13368/what-are-th... |
2013/10/25 | 832 | 2,287 | <issue_start>username_0: This post is provided so that people can, in the answers and comments below, test formatting features of Academia Stack Exchange.<issue_comment>username_1: Hеllo
And this is a community wiki answer, so people can try things out.
Test est Test
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_2: `Hello World... |
2013/10/27 | 722 | 2,944 | <issue_start>username_0: In the post [What does the “application” tag mean (and what should it mean)?](https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/q/169/4394) a brief exchange indicates that the [application](https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/application "show questions tagged 'application'") tag should c... |
2013/10/28 | 585 | 2,340 | <issue_start>username_0: I recently added the new tag 'student-evaluation' to the question [Is it appropriate to include additional materials in an academic job application?](https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/13669/), but this was quickly removed. However, from what I could find, there are no tags describing... |
2013/10/29 | 627 | 2,452 | <issue_start>username_0: I wanted to vote to close [Creating an central multi-purpose dictionary / database](https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/13711/creating-an-central-multi-purpose-dictionary-database), but under "off-topic" I only find the following pre-canned motivations:
* cannot be generalized to appl... |
2013/11/27 | 518 | 2,152 | <issue_start>username_0: I have been trying to locate a particular answer but couldn't find it, even when using every bit of information I remember from the answer in question (in my case: it was an answer about dealing with the impostor syndrome and contained lots of links, if I remember correctly written by F'x)
I f... |
2013/12/10 | 459 | 1,866 | <issue_start>username_0: In [my answer to "How to write a white paper for a non-academic"](https://academia.stackexchange.com/a/14659). I mentioned that I know a true story, an example of such a situation with a "happy end". Now, it was requested that I relieve more information about this, which I originally didn't wan... |
2014/01/04 | 1,289 | 5,319 | <issue_start>username_0: I'm not sure if this is the appropriate place to raise this issue, but:
The stated purpose of the forum seems to be that the questions should benefit both undegraduates, graduate students and academicians.
A question about writing a cv for an internship was put on hold on vote because it was... |
2014/01/10 | 434 | 1,807 | <issue_start>username_0: Should we have MathJax support on Academia?
I think it would be useful if questions about math in academic writing are common here.
I just asked [this](https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/15559/referencing-non-equations-see-eq-15-see-ineq-15) question and there it would have been nic... |
2014/01/12 | 1,616 | 6,885 | <issue_start>username_0: I am worried that the rep system is leading to careless moderators coming into power. Part of my answer was:"What is unclear to me is whether someone like you who feels somewhat unsure is even less likely at all to graduate with a PhD than someone who goes in thinking R1 Tenure or death. Your w... |
2014/01/17 | 768 | 3,045 | <issue_start>username_0: In this [question](https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/15783/re-typesetting-an-old-paper-what-to-do-with-the-result) the OP links to a nature paper that s/he is interested in re-typesetting. The link appears to be to an illegal copy of a non-open access paper that is available (presuma... |
2014/01/21 | 867 | 3,715 | <issue_start>username_0: I asked five question and two of them are being put on hold by viewer. Seriously, there are really no right to judge other people's question as no question is stupid. If you have no interest in my question or opinion conflict with mine, just go away please? I have no idea why ppl like bad fire ... |
2014/01/27 | 635 | 2,581 | <issue_start>username_0: I am unsure about the appropriateness of the question <https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/16215/modafinil-for-academics>.
For background, Wikipedia informs us that modafinil is better known in the US by its brand name, Provigil, and is a "vigilance promoting" drug currently approved... |
2014/01/28 | 1,341 | 5,568 | <issue_start>username_0: I've now seen a series of questions from [user10694](https://academia.stackexchange.com/users/10694/user10694) that paint a picture of a completely dysfunctional advisor-advisee relationship (Rather than list them here, it might be easier just go to the user page: all of this user's questions a... |
2014/02/06 | 316 | 1,268 | <issue_start>username_0: Layla has asked a question on [advice for starting a research group](https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/16618/how-to-start-a-small-research-group-in-a-institution). While such a question at first does seem too broad, it also strikes me as exactly the kind of question that should be a ... |
2014/02/07 | 2,764 | 11,748 | <issue_start>username_0: Working in academia is not just navigating university politics. It is also about conducting research and teaching one's field to students.
Academia already has an explicit policy of accepting questions on "university pedagogy". This covers the teaching part of a university employee's life.
... |
2014/02/12 | 769 | 2,847 | <issue_start>username_0: Today I tried to flag a [question](https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/16851/how-the-gap-of-5-years-after-my-graduation-going-to-affect-me-in-job-hunting) as off-topic, because it has nothing to do with academia.
The three options given to me for the reason for this were,
* cannot be ... |
2014/02/14 | 430 | 1,646 | <issue_start>username_0: In [this question](https://academia.stackexchange.com/q/16969/2692), the OP believes that studying by MOOC should be on-topic since it deals with the idea of gaining knowledge from a teacher in a more-or-less formal way. However, the question was closed as off-topic by several, including myself... |
2014/02/17 | 3,894 | 16,713 | <issue_start>username_0: I recently deleted a few comments (mods, you can see them [here](https://academia.stackexchange.com/admin/posts/17053/comments)) which had been flagged as off-topic. Briefly, the OP had [asked a question](https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/17050/acknowledging-the-discussion-with-someo... |
2014/02/18 | 758 | 3,085 | <issue_start>username_0: I was reading [this question](https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/17085/why-do-professors-sometime-hide-the-book-from-which-they-are-really-teaching) which was migrated from Math.SE. Although this question was closed as a rant it made me wonder about migrated questions.
This question ... |
2014/02/18 | 5,598 | 23,034 | <issue_start>username_0: Fellow Users of Academia.SE,
Recently on academia.SE and meta.academia.SE, I wrote that I was unwilling to have longterm participation in a site for which content -- specifically comments, although my own perspective is more of a blanket one -- which is on-topic for the site are being deleted.... |
2014/02/28 | 468 | 1,880 | <issue_start>username_0: I read a few (OK, too many) academic blogs. Often, readers write in asking the author of the blog to post a question they have about academia. Then the readers of the blog answer and discuss in the comments.
These are often very interesting questions that are on-topic for academic.SE, and I th... |
2014/03/02 | 1,991 | 6,545 | <issue_start>username_0: We all love [Academia Stack Exchange](http://academia.stackexchange.com), but there is a whole world of people out there who need answers to their questions and don't even know that this site exists. When they arrive from Google, what will their first impression be? Let's try to look at this si... |
2014/03/04 | 780 | 3,115 | <issue_start>username_0: I am confused by the instructions about [editing](https://academia.stackexchange.com/help/editing)
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> Edits are expected to be substantial and to leave the post better than you found it. Common reasons for edits include: To fix grammar and spelling mistakes ...
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This seems to be a l... |
2014/03/06 | 2,901 | 12,097 | <issue_start>username_0: I have recently noticed a trend in the answers on academia.se to question the situation about which OP is asking because *not every single detail* is provided, instead of answering what is being asked.
Most recent examples from a few days ago include:
[Should professors intervene if a student... |
2014/03/07 | 2,178 | 9,210 | <issue_start>username_0: I am currently a sophomore, but just looking for some statistics on graduate school admissions, and if possible chances tailored to my own statistics.<issue_comment>username_1: Answers questioning the question are ultimately non-constructive.
Such things should be dealt with on of the followin... |
2014/03/07 | 1,659 | 6,098 | <issue_start>username_0: As I already mentioned, [some questions provide too much detail](https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/a/831/49), making it a multi-thread open-ended requests for life advice.
However, in some cases the question lack enough details, and people are confused or ask for more details. Especially... |
2014/03/12 | 1,372 | 5,679 | <issue_start>username_0: There seems to be some disagreement about whether professional non-research degree programs (law, business, medicine) and entry into such programs is on-topic.
One the one hand, in a comment on [York Undergraduate student looking to get into medical school?](https://academia.stackexchange.com/... |
2014/03/12 | 680 | 2,711 | <issue_start>username_0: We currently have 76 questions tagged [research-undergraduate](https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/research-undergraduate "show questions tagged 'research-undergraduate'"). By the definition of the site scope, either:
1. these questions are about research that's not applicable ... |
2014/03/20 | 1,091 | 3,975 | <issue_start>username_0: We've recently had a few questions that say, "Does anyone know of a degree program that meets requirements X,Y,Z."
For example, [Where can I take online MBA courses without being admitted?](https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/18289/where-can-i-take-online-mba-courses-without-being-adm... |
2014/03/30 | 1,111 | 4,589 | <issue_start>username_0: I tried to write a response to [I believe I have solved a famous open problem. How do I convince people in the field that I am not a crank?](https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/18491/i-believe-i-have-solved-a-famous-open-problem-how-do-i-convince-people-in-the-f) that mentioned an achi... |
2014/04/04 | 189 | 795 | <issue_start>username_0: There was an interesting discussion at the stats Cross Validated site about [(mis)use of statistics in academic papers](https://stats.stackexchange.com/q/92213/5739). I think the audience of Academia will benefit from it, but I am not sure what the best way is to link to that discussion.<issue_... |
2014/04/11 | 3,669 | 13,629 | <issue_start>username_0: I’m Stéphane, senior product designer at Stack Exchange. First, I wanted to congratulate you because this site is now starting the process of moving out of beta to become a fully-graduated site! Well done!
### Graduation and Your Site Design
Graduation comes with a few perks. I have already b... |
2014/04/23 | 1,794 | 6,424 | <issue_start>username_0: You guys have gotten your own design and graduated, hurrah! And with that, you now have the opportunity to setup Community Promotion Ads for your own site, not just to apply to other sites.
### What are Community Promotion Ads?
Community Promotion Ads are community-vetted advertisements that ... |
2014/04/24 | 1,122 | 3,557 | <issue_start>username_0: 
I think it's a bit unpleasant, lots of wasted space... is it a bug or a feature?
Using Chrome on OSX Mavericks, btw.
**EDIT:** I double checked with Safari and FF, it looks ok. Also Chrome running on Mint 14 looks fine as ... |
2014/04/24 | 421 | 1,677 | <issue_start>username_0: Now that we're out of beta, will we get access to the full set of stackexchange sites for migrations ?<issue_comment>username_1: Not sure what power users get to see. I know moderators have the ability to migrate anywhere on SE.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_2: I don't think this is planne... |
2014/04/24 | 376 | 1,483 | <issue_start>username_0: A nitpick but with the new format, when I'm reading answers, I keep seeing the answer below as a comment. I scroll down and I get the realisation "oh it's an answer, not a comment".
To give an idea of what I mean:
(Screensh... |
2014/04/28 | 868 | 3,526 | <issue_start>username_0: I was checking out the recent questions and came across [this one](https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/19881/should-teachers-be-entertainers), which is essentially an opinion poll regarding the role/attitude teachers should have in class.
As I wrote on my comment, I do like what the ... |
2014/05/05 | 2,453 | 9,536 | <issue_start>username_0: In connection with the moderator elections, we will be holding a Q&A with the candidates. This will be an opportunity for members of the community to pose questions to the candidates on the topic of moderation. Participation is completely voluntary.
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> **The purpose of this thread was to col... |
2014/05/05 | 300 | 1,141 | <issue_start>username_0: The 2014 Community Moderator Election is now underway!
Community moderator elections have three phases:
1. Nomination phase
2. Primary phase
3. Election phase
Most elections take between two and three weeks, but this depends on how many candidates there are.
Please visit the official electi... |
2014/05/06 | 266 | 1,099 | <issue_start>username_0: This applies to a few questions out there, especially the ones asking for personal career advice.
Was this function removed during graduation of the site? Or is it just me who can't access it anymore?
**Edit** My guess is that when the site graduated I lost the moderation privilege due to m... |
2014/05/07 | 3,146 | 12,624 | <issue_start>username_0: In a comment to [this answer](https://academia.stackexchange.com/a/20399/10094), rocinante wrote:
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> And while I get that the site is heavily skewed to ignore or shut down any hint of criticism of professors in academia, rosy pictures of idyllic collaborations do not serve anybody who is not... |
2014/05/07 | 753 | 3,039 | <issue_start>username_0: So I've embarked on something of a tag wiki editing project, and as I'm working through my list, I've hit `reference-request`. This appears to be used in two different cases, rather than just one:
1. Requests for citations, references or documents to support a question
2. Questions about askin... |
2014/05/10 | 2,688 | 10,875 | <issue_start>username_0: If we have a meme on this site, it's "**Don't walk. Run.**" It is like an inside joke for the community ... but the joke might not be clear to newcomers.
If we could get past the semantic satiation for a minute, somebody quitting their real-life position and looking for employment/studies els... |
2014/05/12 | 587 | 2,205 | <issue_start>username_0: I have a question that is not a problem, but rather something that I'm curious about and could elicit a good answer. I would like to know the reasons for what I believe is a trend relating to the kinds of facilities offered by campuses.
It's not about academia per se, but I think it *could* fa... |
2014/05/12 | 723 | 3,056 | <issue_start>username_0: I wrote this question: [How should academics handle communication with the media?](https://academia.stackexchange.com/q/20532/10643) and think it would benefit from people editing it by adding their personal experience so that we can cover more aspects of this issue.
Is it a candidate to beco... |
2014/05/13 | 1,599 | 6,548 | <issue_start>username_0: In connection with the moderator elections, we are holding a Q&A thread for the candidates. Questions collected [from an earlier thread](https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/932/2014-moderator-election-qa-question-collection) have been compiled into this one, which shall now serve ... |
2014/05/13 | 1,294 | 5,559 | <issue_start>username_0: <NAME> recently asked a question which is, essentially, a [list of things](https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/20901/compiling-ethical-standards-for-coauthorship-across-academic-fields-and-regions). In the past, we've had differing thoughts from the community on this topic ([for](https... |
2014/05/14 | 1,269 | 5,129 | <issue_start>username_0: The accepted answer to [this question](https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/987/how-and-why-should-a-question-be-made-a-community-wiki) suggests that community wiki is deemed sort of a *legacy feature* that serves no real purpose anymore, as people are supposed to just edit additio... |
2014/05/16 | 2,824 | 10,679 | <issue_start>username_0: One of my questions—[Topical tag cloud generator for researchers/academics](https://academia.stackexchange.com/q/21005)—was [migrated](https://softwarerecs.stackexchange.com/questions/4160/topical-tag-cloud-generator-for-researchers-academics) to a site I'm not a member of and have no intention... |
2014/05/19 | 1,076 | 4,387 | <issue_start>username_0: [This](https://academia.stackexchange.com/q/21095/5674) question here is practically asking whether or not a particular scheme used at his/her school is fair/ethical. Specifically the heart of the question says (emphasis mine):
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> Do you ***think*** this is ethical? Is this a wise way to de... |
2014/05/20 | 725 | 3,081 | <issue_start>username_0: There has been much discussion recently over when to to migrate questions away from the site. A while back, I found a question on meta.stackexchange which outlined the criteria one should use to make that decision. I can't find the question, but the process is as follows:
1. **Is the question ... |
2014/05/20 | 812 | 3,060 | <issue_start>username_0: I flagged a [comment](https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/1363/women-in-academia/21219#comment44343_21219) because it referred to somebody as a
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> known, rabid male-hating feminist
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which seems rather rude and offensive to me.
The flag was declined. Anybody have any insig... |
2014/05/25 | 488 | 1,891 | <issue_start>username_0: The entries in the question listing on Academia.SE are much bigger vertically than other SE sites. There appears to be a lot more spacing above and below each question entry.
Is there a reason Academia is different than most (all?) SE... |
2014/05/28 | 620 | 2,453 | <issue_start>username_0: I am not an academic, I am however a regular SE user. I see several Academia.SE questions in the "hot questions" sidebar. It seems that many of these questions go something like:
* "Is it appropriate to... ?"
* "Is it polite to... ?"
* "Is it normal to... ?"
Why are there so many etiquette an... |
2014/06/02 | 757 | 2,859 | <issue_start>username_0: Since graduation, I've observed that quite often, the number of tasks in the review list is not consistent. For instance, in the attached screenshot, the top-menu bar displays 3 tasks to review, while I can't see any to actually review.
I've tried to open the site in a new browser, to avoid a... |
2014/06/04 | 1,500 | 5,877 | <issue_start>username_0: I'd like to draw your attention to this question:
[Is it bad for one's future career prospects if the PhD thesis topic is broad?](https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/21888/is-it-bad-for-ones-future-career-prospects-if-the-phd-thesis-topic-is-broad)
My concern is that we're rather qui... |
2014/06/24 | 257 | 1,056 | <issue_start>username_0: As it currently stands [this question](https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/23897/challenge-the-caste-based-reservation-policy-system-in-supreme-court) is off topic and not a good fit for our site since it is mainly about legal issues. That said, it sounds like the Indian university sys... |
2014/06/27 | 1,626 | 6,660 | <issue_start>username_0: I found this [question](https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/24028/how-should-a-student-act-towards-a-prejudiced-instructor). The titular question is "How should a student act towards a prejudiced instructor?" This seems like a great question for us. Looking at the question itself, the ... |
2014/07/02 | 2,202 | 9,209 | <issue_start>username_0: My question is about how the moderators decide on the questions and comments.
Every person has the right to express his opinion. In case of the questions posted on this site, the opinions can be either in favor of a comment or question or they may not be.
Moderators have that much access th... |
2014/07/06 | 594 | 2,434 | <issue_start>username_0: One or two questions of mine are correctly marked as duplicate in the community.
How can I find the duplicate of my question before I post the question in the site?
Because it is not easy to find similar questions by simple search in the community.<issue_comment>username_1: Unfortunately, i... |
2014/07/08 | 1,234 | 5,429 | <issue_start>username_0: Inspired by talking to a fellow Academia user at SciPy:
Every SE site seems to have a particular genre of questions that are essentially unanswerable. I've come to believe that the questions we get wherein someone asks, with an accompany tale of their career, coursework to date, interests, etc... |
2014/07/11 | 1,098 | 4,854 | <issue_start>username_0: By a review on the tags lists, we see that some of the tags do not have any wiki or excerpts. I just want to know, which one is more prefered, a tag without any wiki or excerpt; or a tag with a wiki excerpt that just says "{topic}: this tag is for questions about {topic}" is better than nothing... |
2014/07/12 | 1,369 | 6,017 | <issue_start>username_0: In [this question of mine](https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/25754/should-professors-help-masters-research-students-to-find-a-research-topic?noredirect=1#comment53330_25754), something is asked which I strongly believe that it is not opinion based and can be precisely answered by mem... |
2014/07/15 | 1,112 | 4,367 | <issue_start>username_0: Many of my tag edit suggestions are rejected. Despite the fact that some of them are correctly judged, for many of those rejections I can not find any good reason. Could you please explain your reasons for rejecting some of them?
* [education](https://academia.stackexchange.com/review/suggeste... |