Linked Questions
20 questions linked to/from Moderating answers which don't answer the question?
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Deleting answer on Jhana without knowledge of the Dhamma
You cannot delete this question as others have invested time and effort into answering it. For more information, visit the help center.
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Can comments removal be delayed till after a period of time?
Firstly, thanks for the thankless work, moderators! I am truly sorry if asking these questions on comments removal create more work and headaches for you. But I would like to clarify a few doubts.
I ...
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How are such non-answers ok? Flag declined!
I recently reported this answer and to my surprise the moderator saw no problem with this answer.
The reason for declining the flag was that "flags should not be used to indicate technical ...
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Site-specific post notice -- "this answer is unrelated to buddhism"
The software would support our having a "site-specific post notice".
A "post-notice" is something which looks like this:
The current posts which have a notice, on the main site, are listed here.
A ...
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FAQ index (summary of site policies)
The community of users discussed and agreed various conventions, behaviours, policies for this site.
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Off Topic Content
There seems to be off topic content appearing in this site. E.g'.
Answer to "Lust arises every time I am alone" (the content is not related to Buddhism through the OP fanatically tries to some remote ...
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Answers vs Advice
(This is part observation, part suggestion/question and is triggered by a response to my own question here.)
Because a "religious" topic like Buddhism lends itself both to questions looking for (more ...
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I think the community should use the Theravada/Mahayana tag more if they don't want fringe answers
Basically, as the title says.
I think people should be made aware that if they don't tag their questions then they expose themselves to particularly controversial answers.
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In Defence of My Deleted Answer
@Chris
First cause, appearances and mind
I understand why you deleted my answer in this thread. I have now edited and explained it. Could you please read it again. I hope you'll feel able to ...
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Preaching answers
Should we allow preaching answers sidetracking the question?
That is, should we allow answers that disregard the literal question and instead just try to preach?
Examples of answers I'm referring to:
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On questioning motivations for asking
I asked the question: "How do we know complete liberation from dukkha is possible?" a few hours ago. On it, I've seen two answers that look (at least to me) as if they are answering by ...
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Moderators Promoting One's Own Ego / Agenda than the Benefit of the Site at Large
Moderator ChirsW is exhibiting following behaviors which might be detrimental to the site:
Always has my way or no other way attitude (Most content on Meta is evident of this)
Pays little attention ...
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Should the site accept non-constructive criticism of individuals or their works?
Is it useful to remove non-constructive criticism of individuals or their works?
Consider someone asks a good question and another responds, but in the course of the response includes non-...
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'Comparative religion' questions
There have been a couple of "comparative" questions recently:
Is it possible to be both Buddhist and Christian?
What is the basis of Lotus Sutta with respect to original Tipitaka?
In the past the ...
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What should our Policy be on Link only Answers
What should our Policy be on Link only Answers?
How descriptive should the answer be to consider as not Link Only Answer? E.g. is this one: https://buddhism.stackexchange.com/a/14863/295?
How do we ...
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