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4 votes

Drop "users" from some tags

user-behavior Nothing special about users here. However people's behavior can be very different in different environments; what people do in real life isn't always what they do online. So: Go throu …
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5 votes

Let's get critical: Feb 2015 Site Self-Evaluation

How do you handle sudden growth and expansion in a mature community? Good question, if perhaps too broad. The answer is pretty trite: “more moderation workload? Bring in more moderators”. Needs impro …
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2 votes

What should our chat room's name be?

The mod hole As long as the site is called “moderators”, this name fits. If the site is renamed to “Community”, we could rename the chatroom to The comm center
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15 votes

Should we change our name to make implicit that our scope goes beyond mere moderation?

Moderation is not reserved to moderators. Stack Exchange is a prime example of this: even though user contributions retain their authorship, moderation activities such as editing and deleting other pe …
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9 votes

Should we have a "this is a request for external resources" close reason?

No, “this is a request for external resources” is not a good reason to close a question. That's not to say that a request for external resources is automatically on-topic, but the fact that a question …
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Are questions about legal issues off-topic?

This question touches on a point of law. However, it does not seek legal advice about a specific situation: it is about general facts regarding the laws surrounding a class of situations. Legal advic …
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Are questions about legal issues off-topic?

The question What are the possible repercussions of either removing or ignoring potential copyright infringement on a site I moderate? was closed with the custom off-topic reason This question app …
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