Questions tagged [discussion]
The question you're asking is designed to solicit opinions or best-practices on a particular topic, with the goal of reaching community consensus.
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Please come support the new Noahide.SE proposal
I recently created a proposal for a "Noahide Laws and Lifestyle". It is currently in the Definition phase, and I'm looking for followers and example questions so that the proposal can ...
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Is it time to replace the term CYLOR?
"CYLOR" (See your local Orthodox Rabbi) is a much-used phrase on Mi Yodeya, and throughout many Jewish sites.
I believe this innocuous phrase has several limitations. The first is a question of ...
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Mi Yodea Series on numbers
Where can i find the series of Mi Yoda that goes through the significance of numbers?
(somewhere on this website, not sure how to locate the complete list)
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Should I delete my answer? [duplicate]
I recently answered a question, and as I posted the answer I realised someone else had "beat me to the punch" and had posted (almost exactly) the same answer as I was wording mine.
What's ...
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Can I ask this question on templates used for layout in seforim?
There are some questions on formatting seforim, what programs to use etc.. but I was wondering if I could ask the following question:
I am writing a sefer with my own chiddushim on the parasha, and ...
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Can I only read the title?
A question post on Mi Yodeya has both a title and a body. When determining if an answer addresses the question asked, is it sufficient to look only at the title or must the title be taken in the ...
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Questions that are Non Factual or Damaging
There was recently a question in which someone makes it clear they accept the Gemara's notion that women can't get pregnant during their first time. Not only has this factually disproven many times, ...
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Tips and best way to web scrap Mi Yodea
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I need to scrap the Mi Yodea site, to parse it as one Question and one Answer.
I am part of ravgpt.ai, which refers in it's answer to the source.
Should I use the title as the question, or ...
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Questions regarding figures associated with Judaism
I had a question a while back about two contemporary Jewish figures that got closed for being about Jews not Judaism (Did R Aaron Feldman and R Lichtenstein ever meet before the latter's death?)
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Is there a shu"t mi yodea
Has anyone made a shu"t mi yodea?
Something like organizing the questions here in order of the shulchan aruch?
Not sure if this question is on topic in any way but I had to ask.
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What does the Mi Yodeya tree represent?
What does the Mi Yodeya tree pictured on this site's banner represent?
Is there any Jewish symbolism involved?
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What questions on other Stack Exchange sites are of special interest to Jews?
What questions on other Stack Exchange sites are relevant to Mi Yodeya? I'm thinking of ones that might be on-topic or almost on-topic on MY (or entire tags of such questions).
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Is this the most searched for tag on the site?
See a screenshot of what a search of "mi yodeya" yields.
This search was done in Incognito mode.
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Rules for Comments that speak negatively, suspiciously, accusatively about, or delegitimize generally accepted Jewish groups
There is a user here who regularly makes comments that are similar to:
"This answer comes from a Polish Jew and it should be known that the Poles are actually a group
who have produced an ...
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Non-Jewish missionary on Mi Yodeya [duplicate]
Recently I noticed that there's a user "Rabbi Michael Tzadok" on Mi Yodeya, who doesn't seem to have been active for a good number of years, but nevertheless appears to be the same person as ...
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Adding titles to user names
I've been wondering recently, whether MY should allow or discourage using different Jewish titles in usernames, in particular rabbi and similar. As on the Internet, nobody knows you're a dog, it gives ...
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Is confirming a ChatGPT answer on topic here?
I just saw the first question quoting ChatGPT and asking whether the quote is accurate.
Is this or should this be an ongoing feature of MY?
The ChatGPT does give references; perhaps the OP should just ...
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Why is my question closed as off-topic?
I asked this question a couple minutes ago, and it got closed within less than a minute after its publication without any reason noted. It is closed as off-topic, but this is a historical question (...
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2022: a year in moderation
As we say goodbye to the old year and welcome the new one, we have a tradition of sharing moderation stats for the preceding calendar year.
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What is a model type of question for Mi Yodeya? And the opposite
I am trying to get to the bottom of what Mi Yodeya is all about. It's hard. Is it a place to ask halacha? Find out about tradition? Get answers to assist with homework questions? Run ideas by each ...
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How many users on Mi Yodeya are actually Jewish? Orthodox?
As I've been using the website I've come across many users who either from their pictures or from context don't seem Jewish. Just curious how any users are actually Jewish? Orthodox? And if not, then ...
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Are all questions, answers, comments and chat room discussions expected to follow halacha?
Having looked at this and this, it seems that moderation here isn't based on politics, including the "politics" of what is kefira or not, or conspiracy, but simply the rules laid out by ...
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What's our policy on discussing public individuals?
Do we have a policy about talking about public individuals in question or answer posts?
I recently posted an answer in which I cited a rabbi who mentioned the reactions of other rabbis to a question ...
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Is my answer considered spam?
A while ago I asked a question:
Is there a website that has a list of Roshei Teivot in text format?
Since I couldn't find a good resource for my answer, I have decided to create my own solution.
This ...
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Is Mechon Mamre Considered a Source?
Earlier today I quoted an article published by Mechon Mamre with no written author. The article is: https://mechon-mamre.org/jewfaq/animals.htm
The quote I used from them as a source was "Under ...
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Is Mi Yodeya (and stack exchange in general?) on the decline?
I've noted that older answers generally got way more votes, answers, and "solveds" compared to usual. I am a new user here so I envy what this site once had and would like to do something ...
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Policy on multi part answers?
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One has the option to add multiple answers to the same question.
The question now is, that there is a character limit for each answer.
If one has a very detailed answer that would best be ...
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Is/Was there anything offensive about asking this conjoined twins question?
What is the halachic status of adult conjoined twins?
Background in Christianity SE
I'm Catholic. It occurred to me recently I never bothered to look this up for the case of 1 set of reproductive ...
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What happens to a question that's closed as a dupe to an unanswered question?
I recently asked a question that was closed as a dupe of another one. The other one has no answer.
I understand that you don't want the dupes and that people should answer the 1st question that was ...
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To celebrate Mi Yodeya's 10th birthday, let's divide and conquer the entire Mishna, Mi-Yodeya-style!
Ten years of Mi Yodeya -- let's learn some Mishna!
Mi Yodeya will be celebrating our tenth birthday in Kislev 5780 / December 2019! As ten is traditionally the Mishna birthday1, let's mark this ...
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Noachide fielding questions here on Yom Tov - an apology / questions
Shalom.
I am a Noachide from the U.K. I visited the site yesterday (Rosh Hashanah) and noticed that there were unanswered / unfielded questions here. I thought to myself, 'If a Gentile has asked a ...
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Should we try out another platform?
Since the controversies of last year I've been participating less and less, and it looks like other people are doing the same. Part of it is inertia -- less activity and fewer familiar faces means ...
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Question deleted without private feedback - no way to contact the moderators
I asked a legitimate question about a gemara and how it relates to people who are born LGBTQ. The question was closed without an answer, and without a private message.
Is there any way to contact the ...
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Did a moderator erase my answer incorrectly?
I answered a question on Tablet K with a link to a blog. It was erased due to "stories heard through the grapevine".
However, the blog post I linked is a first-person account under a real ...
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Is mediocrity encouraged?
Especially in light of the recent changes to reputation points for questions, it seems like this site encourages (via positive reputation) quantity over quality. Especially when one could receive a ...
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Request for forgiveness (from @Tomw)
Shalom, and blessings to everyone who uses this site properly.
Inspired by this: SELICHOT Request for Forgiveness
I humbly ask forgiveness of anyone I have offended or upset while using this site, and ...
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I created a Jewish app that I think will be useful to others, can I promote it on Mi Yodeya?
I created a Jewish app, and I was wondering if I can post a link to the app on Mi Yodeya, would that be considered Spam?
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How do I delete my account? [duplicate]
This is an unhelpful and unfriendly forum. Every question gets closed, it's nothing but nit picking, and you will close a question without actually address the content of it. BYE! PS Visit reddit for ...
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Does my desire for extra information on Deuteronomy 22:1-3 warrant a separate question?
I recently asked the following question:
Does Deuteronomy 22:1-3 apply to stray pets (e.g., dogs)?
It seems the answer is "Yes." However, I'm not sure whether it applies if I live with my ...
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PTIJ: Does one receive מלקות for posting PTIJ without the correct tag? [closed]
According to משניות מטא (Purim Torah policy - Allowed, but regulated)
...Three are Purim Torah, a tag, a title and a disclaimer. Rebbi Yitzchok says that all are required...
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request to reopen question about beggars as ptij?
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I have this post PTIJ: are beggars obligated to follow hasagas gvul? which was closed because some people didnt get the joke, but i would like to reopen it
the joke is that beggars think theyre ...
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What should be done when moderators go crazy and/or power hungry?
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Just wondering what the proper procedure should be taken if it, theoretically, becomes clear that a particular moderator continues to break policy rules and/or is just plain power hungry and starts ...
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User with problematic profile pic/username
I recently came across user Sola Gratia. "Sola Gratia" is a Christian concept. Their profile pic is a cross. Although this user's answers don't seem to include anything inherently Christian ...
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2021: a year in moderation
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Mi Yodeya Publications
Welcome to
Mi Yodeya Publications
where you can download free, printable compilations of hand-picked questions and answers from Mi Yodeya, the online Jewish Q&A community.
Hagada - Mi Yodeya? - ...
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Where do you live?
With an eye toward designing in-person community events (e.g. this), it would be useful to have some idea of how many Yodeyans live where.
So, let's try to collect some basic data about this while ...
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Editing an existing question or posting a new one - which is better?
I asked the question When visiting the cemetery do we say משיב הרוח ומוריד הגשם in the blessing of אֲשֶׁר יָצַר אֶתְכֶם בַּדִּין? and later answered it: we do not say משיב הרוח ומוריד הגשם after ...
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For better understanding between Jews and Christians, some reading material
Although it has been made clear that this site is not interested in Jesus, which is exactly as it should be, some questions display an interest in the historical Jesus, his relationship to Judaism, ...
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Non-normative Jewish practices
Recently a user has asked a series of questions about the Beta Israel community and how they understand/practice their religion. From the questions it seems that this community has very significant ...
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Community Ads for 2021
September update: Community Ads are now live network-wide. All ads with a score of 6 or higher, or with a score of 4 or higher and no downvotes will be displayed (except for any that have a note from ...
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