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15 questions linked to/from 2017 Moderator Election Q&A - Questionnaire
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Mi Yodeya Publications
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Hagada - Mi Yodeya? - ...
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2017 Moderator Election Q&A - Question Collection
Mi Yodeya is scheduled for an election starting next week, January 23rd. In connection with that election, we will be hosting a Q&A here for candidates. This will be an opportunity for members of ...
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How should we handle pluralistic posts?
During the Town Hall Chat Isaac Moses asked the following question:
Consider a Question "I'm injured, so I can't walk to synagogue this Sabbath. What can I do to connect my prayers with those of ...
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Welcoming new users
Since the beginning of mi.yodeya 1.0, I've made it my practice to welcome new users. I'd like to make it clear that while I'm happy to continue doing this whenever I get the opportunity, anyone else ...
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Let's make Mi Yodeya more friendly to people and machines that can't see images: alt text fix
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Today in the chatroom, we were discussing the practice of adding meaningful alt text to images on the web. Alt text is displayed when the image cannot be displayed and is therefore ...
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Refresh of the Purim Torah Policy
We've done four Purim seasons under the existing Purim Torah Policy, so we have a decent amount of experience to draw on in determining if it needs any changes. This meta-question last season garnered ...
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Maximum limits on PTIJ questions per user
In another post, suggestions for improving the quality of PTIJ material were discussed. In the highest voted answer there, one suggestion was to impose a limit of how many PTIJ questions each user ...
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How should we ask for improvements to questions and answers?
Sometimes we get a question or answer that is unclear or leaves out important details, and people comment to elicit improvements. Sometimes that works well (and the post gets improved); other times ...
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Site policy on jargon
What is the site policy on using Hebrew terminology and other jargon in questions and answers?
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Purim Torah policy - Allowed, but regulated
We pride ourselves on generating and maintaining clear, high-quality, serious questions and answers about Judaism. Once a year, though, for a couple of weeks, we also go in for something a little ... ...
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How can we encourage M.Y. contributors to translate sources and technical terms
When I post a question, comment or answer, I try to use "simplified" English terminology as often as I can. There are times when I am lazy or forget, admittedly, but, I believe that's a minority, in ...
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Where did all these posts come from?
As part of the process for creating the Jewish Life & Learning Stack Exchange, mi.yodeya (an early Stack Exchange 1.0 site) has agreed to provide a jump start to this community by migrating their ...
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Average number of comments per post: Mi Yodeya vs the rest of the Stack Exchange Network
[Thanks to msh210 for telling me how to make these calculations.1]
I checked the average comments per post of the top 8 Stack Exchange Sites, to compare to Mi Yodeya:
Stack Overflow
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2012 Community Moderator Election Results
Well, Mi Yodeya's very first moderator election has come to an end. Our winners are:
Please give them a warm welcome, and hearty thanks and congratulations for volunteering!
Also, a sincere ...
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Project plan for Haggadah update
This is my first time as "project manager" for a publication, so if something doesn't look right, please let me know, or fix it yourself. This is a rough project plan for updating our haggadah ...
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