Linked Questions
23 questions linked to/from What topics are in- and out-of-scope on Mi Yodeya?
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Choose standard off-topic closure reasons
As described more fully in a very informative post on meta.stackexchange.com, which I recommend you check out, we're going to lose these two closure reasons:
off topic
Questions on Mi Yodeya are ...
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A beginner’s guide to MY - “How is this site different from other Judaism sites?”
This is a followup to my meta post A newbie perspective after 60 days and 90 Q&As.
[...] Mi Yodeya is clearly different from other sites on the Internet
(e.g., discussion forums, even other ...
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Scope of Moderation Authority
I found the deletion of https://judaism.stackexchange.com/a/68602/1570 to be dictatorial in a manner that discourages me from wanting to post here. Odds are, like any other addict, I'll be back ...
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Is this a suitable platform for non-Jews to ask questions about Judaism?
I am not Jewish, but my curiosity was piqued about some aspects of Judaism after having political discussions elsewhere online with Orthodox Jews.
I am particularly interested by the way in which ...
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On-topic-ness of “how many X are in Y” questions
Forgive me if this was discussed before; I don't frequent meta.
I've been seeing a lot of questions of the form "how many X are in Y?". I personally find them to be pretty pointless questions that ...
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Lists of in- and out-of-scope topics for the FAQ
Many other SE sites have, in their FAQ, right below the scope line, a list of topics considered in-scope and sometimes also a list of topics considered out-of-scope.
For example, the beginning of ...
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Are you aware of the Yiddish proposal?
A couple hours ago some posted a Yiddish proposal on Area51, suggesting the creation of a sister site specific to Yiddish on SE. Not sure if the content would be in scope here, or if it should be ...
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Are questions about Jewish culture (NOT religion-centric) in scope?
This came up in a completely unrelated SE chat, with someone claiming that (unlike Christianity.SE being "about Christian doctrine and practice") Judaism.SE is "about Jewish culture".
My impression (...
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Should official FAQ meta-posts be locked?
We have a bunch of posts here on Meta of official FAQ content collected under the faq tag. This tag has special official status, as indicated by its pink color and by the fact that its use is ...
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Are scenario questions acceptable for asking?
Are hypothetical questions that are limited to a specific scenario valid for asking, even though the chances of the scenario actually occurring are very slim?
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Clarifying Hebrew language policy
According to the official FAQ (with the parts irrelevant to this post left out):
If you have a question about...
language used in Judaism
Why is הושיעה Mileel whereas הצליחה is ...
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Parameters of Jews not Judaism
Based on Giving up ones life על קידוש ה׳ not to transgress גילוי עריות:
What are the parameters of “Jews not Judaism”? While the above question could be greatly improved with a citation to Sanhedrin ...
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Should biographies of rabbis be in scope?
Following a discussion in chat, I want to propose that biographies of rabbis should be in scope for Mi Yodeya. This proposal is triggered by recent closures of questions asking for biographies of R ...
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Are questions about calculating the Metonic Calendar on-topic
This question - How many days are there in each year of the 304th Metonic cycle? - and similar Metonic ones are being asked by the same user.
Can one simply point him to the relevant literature (e.g. ...
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The line between History vs Judaism
Inspired by this question, but I am attempting to ask a more largely applicable point.
Questions which are about Jewish History are considered off topic. Now the Jewish History examples given there ...