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Ethnic slur in question: what's the procedure?

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What effect will the sale of Stack Exchange have on ELU (and others)?

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Is there a place on this site where users can express their admiration and gratitude for this site?

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Why is this question closed? I am asking if the English word is a good translation of koine Greek

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Why was this question on phrase usage closed?

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Is there a tag that can be used for questions about letters/characters?

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What happens when you flag a rude comment, and then the author deletes it?

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How can a chat room be deleted?

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Should this question about the meaning of “a friend to all is a friend to none” be reopened?

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Why was the question “By the end of today” or “By the end of the day” closed as opinion-based?

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3-vote close - how's it going?

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Why is there always a 'meatball' next to the LQ posts item on the review queue?

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

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Why are 'need' and 'dare' used as modal verbs? [closed]

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Why was my question migrated to ELL?

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Why was this question labeled “off topic?”

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Why was this simple question so misunderstood?

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Question closed as duplicate but it wasn't

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How to find list of adverbs with their usage related to corresponding verbs and adjectives

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Am I being rude if I answer a question with a documented expression?

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Why are the comment sections not being moderated better?

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Can my question be re-opened now that it's edited?

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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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Over-zealous anti-pleasantries algorithm

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Are questions about explaining what the text mean on-topic?

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Reopen question about how to format footnote references?

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How can I figure out (the most) common modifiers used with a given word?

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Why was my custom flag declined?

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What writing style/guide says to emphasize (using a bold font) topic sentences? [closed]

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What makes a question about historical usage of a word off-topic?

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Why was this question about a single word's pronunciation (“whinge”) closed as off-topic?

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How do we deter unexplained downvoting of newcomers’ questions?

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How does my question need to be “more focused”?

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Why can't a user delete their own question that was just asked and has had no activity?

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essay checking recommendations

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Is Tom Dalzell's book “The Routledge Dictionary of Modern American Slang and Unconventional English” authoritative?

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Why did this question showing research was closed with the reason “Please include the research you’ve done”?

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Why is this community so elitist?

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Why was “Is there a specific verb for when a person goes “um” and “ah” while they are thinking what to say?” locked?

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Is Spotify an acceptable way to host audio sample?

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What's the preferred way to cite The Chicago Manual of Style?

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Are audio- and video-only questions on-topic?

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modified Mar 5 at 12:19 Laurel 51.1k

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Why can edits to a closed question be rejected as “should have been written as a comment or an answer”?

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Path for adopting EL&U formatting standards

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Why are questions in SE ELU closed because they are “opinion-based”

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Are there any resources to find which prepositions are appropriate for a given verb/adjective and how they change the meaning?

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Why is a question about pronunciation “opinion-based”?

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modified Feb 28 at 10:57 Andrew Leach♦ 90.6k

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Single-word-request rule clarification needed

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modified Feb 26 at 1:23 Nai45 568

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