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How can I improve my contributions

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First proposal tag wiki rejected

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Why was a question about two English words closed and returned to another site, without comment?

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modified yesterday Jason Bassford Supports Monica 29.1k

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Why does (almost) every answer in this question have a banner?

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Drafts should save in Edit forms

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Would ELU like to start a trial of only need 3 votes to close/reopen a question?

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modified 2 days ago Sven Yargs 124k

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Poll: additional question types that should or shouldn't be added to help/on-topic

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grammar tips - where to find them? [closed]

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Can a post not be closed for the reason that it is gratuitously disgusting or offensive?

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answered Jan 13 at 7:34 Andrew Leach♦ 83.8k

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How does the ELU community define a century? When did this century start 2001 or 2000?

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modified Jan 5 at 16:35 JJ for Transparency and Monica 6,805

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About the use of international English (namely the word 'dear') [closed]

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modified Jan 5 at 8:57 Andrew Leach♦ 83.8k

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2019: a year in moderation

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modified Jan 3 at 2:20 Shog9 342

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One year suspension for a new contributor to “cool down”?

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modified Jan 2 at 17:18 Arm the good guys in America 208

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Revised: Is a question about the Economist's article “Silly Sausages” on topic, or are we too serious to enjoy a linguistic laugh?

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Rep for questions

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modified Dec 29 '19 at 8:10 aparente001 18.5k

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Is there anything we can do to get fewer off-topic questions?

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modified Dec 27 '19 at 18:17 Apollonian 1,186

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Is this word order question a duplicate of this AAVE question? If so, how?

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modified Dec 22 '19 at 20:02 Community♦ 1

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What is a good resource for how American women talked in the 1940s?

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asked Dec 22 '19 at 13:47 Johnny 111

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I can't ask any question

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modified Dec 22 '19 at 10:33 Andrew Leach♦ 83.8k

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Why was my Groucho Marx question closed?

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modified Dec 20 '19 at 16:28 Kit Z. Fox♦ 26.4k

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What can be done to bring up site quality?

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modified Dec 19 '19 at 22:40 John Lawler 88.7k

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Is there a policy about political messages in usernames?

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modified Dec 19 '19 at 13:23 Matt E. Эллен♦ 27.4k

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Are questions about film subtitles (translated into English) on topic here?

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answered Dec 17 '19 at 17:30 Andrew Leach♦ 83.8k

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I cant delete my question

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modified Dec 13 '19 at 13:19 Andrew Leach♦ 83.8k

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Please consider reopening a question about a fairly recent, politics-specific meaning of 'pivot' [Question has been reopened]

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modified Dec 12 '19 at 4:26 Sven Yargs 124k

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How many answers are there on English Language & Usage?

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modified Dec 9 '19 at 22:28 Laurel 41.4k

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Is it because of insufficient reputations that “reopen” button under closed questions cannot be seen?

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modified Dec 9 '19 at 22:25 Laurel 41.4k

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How can I get in touch with a particular user about Pig Latin?

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modified Dec 9 '19 at 22:17 Laurel 41.4k

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How do I gain reputation so I can participate more?

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modified Dec 9 '19 at 22:16 Laurel 41.4k

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How does this website earn money?

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modified Dec 9 '19 at 22:15 Laurel 41.4k

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Should we do anything about people answering with Google Trends?

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answered Dec 9 '19 at 15:36 jkp1187 326

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Has ELU accomplished its mission (so far)?

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answered Dec 5 '19 at 18:06 Sven Yargs 124k

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Support for Monica Cellio

discussion community policy stackexchange

modified Nov 28 '19 at 3:08 JJ for Transparency and Monica 6,805

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“we tried to fix it”

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How reliable is Ngram?

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What should be done with the questions that contain their own answers?

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answered Nov 22 '19 at 23:28 Laurel 41.4k

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Google Ngrams for the web (not just books)

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answered Nov 20 '19 at 23:46 Laurel 41.4k

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Why there's no box (for me) to answer a question? [duplicate]

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modified Nov 20 '19 at 18:14 Andrew Leach♦ 83.8k

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Fun educational book about English language with a wide spectrum of knowledge and facts

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Why does reputation increase by 1?

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modified Nov 17 '19 at 23:10 Laurel 41.4k

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Reopen “How can a word for 'the act of Xing', semantically shift to mean 'the thing Xed'?”

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answered Nov 17 '19 at 22:47 Tanner Swett 1,596

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A few thousand rep points more in one single day are a nice thing, but why?

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modified Nov 17 '19 at 20:15 ab2 MonicaNotForgotten 25k

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Using Abbreviations In The Questions [duplicate]

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Do we have any information on what the “preferred pronouns” are?

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modified Nov 11 '19 at 19:26 JJ for Transparency and Monica 6,805

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John Lawler's ELU answer links, by topic

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modified Nov 1 '19 at 14:27 John Lawler 88.7k

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Thanks for re-reopening the following question

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modified Oct 30 '19 at 10:20 user067531 39.8k

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Please vote on this proposal to ban from question titles certain words whose posts we usually end up closing and deleting

feature-request question-closure titles question-restrictions

answered Oct 14 '19 at 12:57 KalleMP 407

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Do we need a better guide to culture than the tour?

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answered Oct 9 '19 at 17:45 Sven Yargs 124k

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