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change in reputation value in stack overflow relevant in mi yodeya?
Yes, it does. This is apparent from the official SE blog post on the subject and also from the fact that my MY reputation just jumped quite a bit.
msh210Mod
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Are these low-quality questions?
I think that the [mi-yodeya-series] tag is particularly vulnerable to this. I propose that a policy similar to the PTIJ policy be enforced on this tag.
The format of the post must look like The first ...
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Answers that don't refer to Judaism or anything Jewish (but still address the question)
Questions must be judged for fitness to Mi Yodeya on their own merits, not on those of answers that have been posted to them. My standing proposal for how to evaluate the topicality of questions of ...
Isaac MosesMod
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Questions asking to prove a negative
It depends on the subject and relevant body of source material, but generally, something like "I've studied this subject extensively, including all of the relevant sections in the Talmud, etc., and ...
Isaac MosesMod
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What is the benefit of combining answers?
The primary benefit of combining is readability. All of the extra borders, voting buttons, links, etc. adds a lot of bulk to the page, and in many cases (especially Parshanut questions) there can be a ...
Double AAMod
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Explain the directory structure of a question URL
83998 is the ID number of that post. Every post (question or answer) has a unique ID number associated with it.
5275 is your user ID number. It's not needed to get to the post, but if you share a ...
Double AAMod
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Question and answer with the most upvotes
You can find all questions sorted by votes at https://judaism.stackexchange.com/search?tab=votes&q=is%3aquestion and all answers sorted by votes at https://judaism.stackexchange.com/search?tab=...
Double AAMod
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Why does Judaism SE have many questions compared to others?
I don't know much about Christianity or Islam, so I'm not claiming any particular degree to which any of the following is unique to Judaism, but Judaism includes the following features that motivate ...
Isaac MosesMod
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Are these low-quality questions?
I think this question should be decomposed into a few components.
Is the question "What is the Judaism significance of number N?" ever on-topic?
I think the answer to this is yes, as it is ...
Isaac MosesMod
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Are questions of the form “Rabbi so-and-so wrote a Sefer on X Jewish topic, but i need it in Hebrew” on-topic?
Asking for the existence of a particular Judaism book is about Judaism and therefore certainly on-topic.
This is, sort of, a special case of asking for the existence of X within Judaism, which is ...
Isaac MosesMod
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Scrolling to the first question
I don't think so. But if you use the web version, click on Questions, sort by newest (on top), go to the very bottom and click on the last number (816 today).
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