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Moderators' policy on bullying
Putting a question on hold is not bullying. It is a request from the closers to the question asker to improve the question.
If you feel you are being bullied then this is a very important matter. You ...
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What should one do when one is being trolled?
Of your 67 answers (plus the others now removed), three have been edited by others:
Word for "term for inhabitant of" — removed "Go and Google it" and added a real reference instead
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Andrew LeachMod
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Moderators' policy on bullying
Closing a question is not bullying. Where did you get that idea from? I have often voted to close questions, which deserved to be closed. What am I then? A bully?
I find your glib accusations highly ...
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Moderators’ policy on hectoring
Hectoring is A Bad Thing.
Individual users should avoid responding to hectoring at all.
Hectoring requires moderatorial (what a great word) intervention when it damages the site.
Now that's out of ...
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Moderators’ policy on hectoring
All three of the linked examples are from the same user, so as with the recent kerfuffle over mods reopening their own questions, it's almost impossible to address the issue without referring to the ...
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What should one do when one is being trolled?
I'll try to answer each of your points. It's just my opinion of course.
Sometimes, power gets to people's heads.
I'm someone who criticises people's posts. Those I criticise might think it's a ...
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Answer wrongfully deleted by brigade of trolls?
As a long time user here, I don't see anything egregious in your answer to warrant voting to delete. It does not seem opinionated, but then I agree with most of what is said.
But sociolinguistic ...
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Answer wrongfully deleted by brigade of trolls?
Your answer seems like a legit post, it attempts to answer the question (no is a viable answer to single word requests), you provide a solid argument (it isn't merely a comment) and it isn't covered ...
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How do you handle a poster who consistently asks the same type of off-topic question?
How to handle a series of very similar worded questions?
Treat each and every question on its individual merits.
If it's a duplicate, flag it as such.
If it's boring, ignore it.
If the answer is ...
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