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Why was this post migrated to mechanics.se?
It shouldn't have been. Migration should only happen when something is OFF TOPIC HERE, and on topic there. This is clearly an on topic Electrical Engineering question. The mod who migrated it single-...
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Unfair use of Moderation tools
It does indeed seem unfair.
Dave thought it was on-topic enough to answer, for him, but closed it for everyone else to answer. This sends conflicting messages.
Fortunately a question can be reopened ...
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What is expected of members of EE.SE?
Newcomers to the field can, for example, ask good questions. Or at least questions that fit the rules in the help centre. It will help "seasoned" members get motivated to answer those and others, and ...
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What is expected of members of EE.SE?
I am a newcomer (registered like 3-4 days ago). I just started answering questions when I could and it worked fine. One of my (few) answers was deleted because it was too simplistic, but otherwise I ...
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What is expected of members of EE.SE?
I don't think that new members are "dissuaded" from asking and answering, nor is voting to close or delete contrary to the goals of the site.
When posting a question, post a "good" question. Search ...
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Unfair use of Moderation tools
To clarify: the mistake made here by the moderator was to answer the question.
It was correctly closed. Then it was incorrectly re-opened, likely because of this meta post. And now it is correctly ...
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Moderators: please explain the double decline
You read far more into a simple parenthetical comment than was ever intended, and chose to be offended by your interpretation. We really cannot control that. Jonk didn't mean that you were none of ...
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Moderators: please explain the double decline
I don't see anything offensive with the comment at all, although it's difficult to know for sure since we don't have the whole context.
I think the chose their words to fit their target audience of ...
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2020 Moderator Election — Community Interest Check
I would consider it despite some doubt that I'd get elected, having lost in both of the other EE.SE moderator elections that I ran in. (I have the T-shirts to prove it if you don't want to dig into ...
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What happened with moderator elections?
Currently we don't really need more mods, as flags' handling is not a big issue. We have an average of about 2 hours before a flag is handled, and the queue is more often empty than full.
I have to ...
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Maybe I'm two more deleted comments closer to a suspension
Intro
I have written this for a general audience, as I expect the background info may be interesting to other site members, with the part responding to the specific Meta question above near the bottom ...
SamGibsonMod
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Low quality question tag?
You have a history of asking poor questions. These get downvoted and/or closed, and the system has locked you out as a result. This is to protect the site from more of the same crap you've already ...
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Double standards
Your right. It shouldn't be deleted.
Sure, it could be a comment, but it can also be an answer. Most short answers can be both. It directly answered the question. In a bad, obtuse way (Imho). It's a ...
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Obliterate the "high" tag
Someone with enough rep created it, and then it got added on by a bunch of new users. I've edited it away. I've also done the same on the low tag.
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2020 Moderator Election — Community Interest Check
I would like to further serve the SE.EE community, put my name up for nomination.
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What might be the reason this question was deleted by a moderator?
Because the user of the original post requested it. I would think it would be stressful if one has to worry everytime a small amount of rep is lost.
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2020 Moderator Election — Community Interest Check
I'm posting this to try to assess the community members' willingness to step up and nominate themselves, when the actual election's nomination period starts.
Please leave an answer if you'd be ...
SamGibsonMod
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What is expected of members of EE.SE?
Don't answer a question that is clearly homework with only the answer.
If the question is just a cut-n-paste of the homework assignment, close the question for 'lack of effort'.
If the question ...
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What is expected of members of EE.SE?
Ask a question:
Keep it simple (no intro or thanking) but don't leave out important information
State all the important Factors, Variables, Influences (if applicable), etc.
Include what you want to ...
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Unfair use of Moderation tools
Your revised version of the question no longer has anything to do with the moderators. Note that this time the question was closed by 5 ordinary users.
One reason it got closed may be that you state ...
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2021 Community Moderator Election
The obvious question: Why are there 3 choices but just 2 candidates?
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Moderators: please explain the double decline
I'll stand up and say that the parenthetical phrase is a violation of the "be nice" policy, and declining the flag is counter to the reasoning behind the be nice policy. That said, I have no idea ...
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