Questions tagged [support]
You need help with the use of one or more of the site's features.
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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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What topics are in- and out-of-scope on Mi Yodeya?
What topics are in-scope on Mi Yodeya? Can I see some examples?
What topics are out-of-scope on Mi Yodeya? Can I see some examples?
Where can I discuss changing these guidelines?
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Can I consult Mi Yodeya as I would a rabbi?
Does Mi Yodeya offer personal guidance in response to practical questions about Jewish law or attitudes, as a rabbi would?
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How should I cite an answer elsewhere?
Sometimes a Web page off-site — or a passage in a book, for that matter — answers a question perfectly. How should I refer to or quote that external source as my answer?
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Mi Yodeya Glossary
A glossary!
This is for Judaism-related terms that come up on the main site whose meanings people may well not know.
To search this glossary for (e.g.) משנה, type
is:answer inquestion:this משנה
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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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How To Close an Account
Is there a way That I can close my account? I just didn't find my place here and therefore I'd like to leave.
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Policy on cross-posting material?
I have noticed a growing practice of taking questions/answers from another similar site and posting them here. I don't have a problem with taking inspiration from a question/answer somewhere else, but ...
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Why did my answer disappear?
I am very sad, I saw recently an interesting question, and I posted an answer. After it first disappeared, I posted it one more time. It took me more than one hour, to write a complete answer. And now,...
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Are flags supposed to be automatically marked "helpful" when the community closes/deletes the flagged post?
I recently asked a question on what happens to a flag when the post it refers to is deleted by the community.
It appears that the flag is deleted from the queue and ignored (as far as flag weight ...
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What does "bumped to the homepage by the community" mean?
Excuse my ignorance, here.
I don't understand what the "Community" is, in general. Is this an automated algorithm or is this a hidden human "super-admin" for all of Stack Exchange that can override ...
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Delete posts --- how can we appeal?
My answers to a post were deleted as "not answering the question." I admit they didn't answer the direct halachic question (I'm not qualified!) specifically, but did provide an answer/solution. It was ...
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"Site Rooms" link goes to the wrong place
I am in chat and I click on "site rooms":
That directs me to:
http://chat.stackexchange.com/?tab=site&host=judaism.stackexchange.com
BUT if I try to change the URL to:
http://chat.stackexchange....
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Yodeya.com down?
I usually go to Mi Yodeya by going to yodeya.com (instead of judaism.stackexchange.com), because it's easier to type quickly, and m.y redirects to j.se. The last time I went to yodeya.com, however, it ...
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Does one need to tag all "no longer needed" comments or are moderators going through the list after seeing one?
There are situations where, after a short discussion in comments, a post is edited to reflect the outcome of the discussions. In these cases, I would like the no-longer needed comments to be removed.
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CC-SA and copyright dates: what date(s) do we use for republishing site content?
We are currently working on our second book compiling content from Mi Yodeya. The book uses a document template that's evocative of the site and includes the logo; this was provided to us by Jin for ...
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I see that my reputation has migragted from mi.yodeya, but not all of my badges?
I see that the supporter and teacher badges were migrated, but I also had Enthusiast and Fanatic badges which I don't see now. Are badges re-assigned after migration, according the the data in the ...
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Why was my comment deleted?
I put wrote relevant comment to this question. It was even upvoted. Now, both it, and DoubleAA's noticing a typo, are deleted. What happened?
I am not upset, I just want to understand the process.
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Can we see our personal stats?
Is it possible to view our personal stats on the site (number of x until level y or badge z)?
If so, how?
If not, is there any feature being worked on for this?
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question upvotes lost
I'm pretty sure some of my recent upvotes on questions have been lost. I'm almost positive I upvoted this question when it was new, and I just discovered that I had no glowing arrow and could vote ...
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Change or choose Hebrew font? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Is there anything we can do about the Hebrew font used on the main site?
I don't really like the font in which Hebrew is displayed on our site. Can I petition for it to be ...
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Are there please any statistics on users and their time zones?
I posted a new question on Friday at around 10 am British Summer Time. I wonder when the responses will start coming in.
Are there please any statistics on users and their time zones?
(It's not ...
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What happened to 'too localized'?
Does the 'too localized' close reason still exist? I recently went to vote to close a question as too localized, but didn't see it.
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Did the "Questons" Button Link at the Top of the Page Change?
Until around a month ago, when I clicked on the "Questions" option at the top of the Mi Yodeya page, it gave me all questions, unanswered or not, with the most recent ones listed first. When I do it ...
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Is it possible to edit a deleted question?
Is it possible to edit a deleted question?
This question is its own answer.
The following text was added by a mod, by the original author, and by another 10K+ user, while the question was deleted, ...
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What happened to seeing deleted Q&As?
In the past I could see deleted posts, both questions and answers, because I had reached a certain (pretty low, actually) threshold of points. Now I can't see any of them anymore. Did the threshold ...
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Is it possible to view previous versions or edits/revisions of questions?
Is it possible to view previous versions or edits/revisions of questions, like on Wikipedia?
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How many reputation do you need in order to be able to vote to reopen or close a question?
How many reputation do you need in order to be able to vote to reopen or close a question??
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Closing back-doors to deleted content for halachic reasons
This question has been deleted, but is still available through a click in a comment. Furthermore, the closed question puts attention (first link) to content who's author deleted it on halachic grounds....
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Questions about Hebrew names
Are questions of the form "What is the origin of name X" considered on-topic, since many of those names originated from Tanach and Shas?
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Who is Community? [duplicate]
I see in mi yodeya question, "modified by community"
In the post itself it is not possible to see the modification.
What is it? Who are the authors?
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Awarding bounties late
If a bounty expires but the "best" answer hasn't been chosen, I know that half of the bounty is automatically awarded. Is it possible to then select one of the answers and award the other half? If ...
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Consecutive Visits
I was on Mi Yodeya every day this past week or so and I just went to look at how many days I have been on consecutively and it says 1. How is this possible? Am I missing something?
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