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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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Moderating answers which don't answer the question?
One of the reasons for which you are able to flag an answer is the following:
not an answer
This was posted as an answer, but it does not attempt to answer the question. It should possibly be ...
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What about providing sources?
What is buddhism.stackexchange.com 's policy on providing sources. Should it be mandatory or voluntary.?
If we make it a requirement to provide the source we can clear this website from personal ...
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Are we here to preach and make converts?
Are we here to preach and make converts?
For me, the answer is no.
We shouldn't be a site for people with out a religious inclination or with doubt yearning for a change to a whole new system. (...
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Sectarian shout downs should be dealt with
(Finally came up with a better title.)
So if one asks a question about, say, mudras and the answer is "That's superstition, you should read the earlist pali texts"
Or if I ask a question about, say, ...
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Are the kinds of question, and what kinds of answers are good, considered on Buddhism.SE?
There are actually many ways to answer here and that is perfect, since there are different kinds of question which should be answered differently.
The Pañha Sutta says that there are four ways of ...
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Commenting with minimal argument
So how can we comment, and should we even comment, and how much shall we comment -- to question or to clarify something in an answer?
The Help topic includes a section titled When should I comment? ...
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Should we allow/encourage short answers?
The review queue has already picked up a few answers as low quality, simply, I think, due to their brevity. It seems such answers go against the SE model, but at the same time they are an accepted ...
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When my answer is short, shall I post it as a comment instead?
I just have a short answer, to a question. Shall I post it as a comment then instead, because it's short?
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Posting comments to answers
Sometimes I read an answer which I don't agree with.
I could just downvote the answer, but should I post a comment as well?
If I do post comment, to an answer that I disagree with, does it matter ...
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How should we handle the different traditions of Buddhism in our answers?
Theravada
Mahayana (Zen, Tibetan, Pure Land... all three very different from each other!)
Vajrayana
Since Shakyamuni's awakening, buddhism has evolved in many different ways throughout Asia. Each of ...
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Should we have a policy not to provide koan answers?
Just from this answer - is it a good idea to provide koan answers or not? Or should we provide them with a health warning? Do koans even really have answers? I'm not a Zen practitioner so a don't ...
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What the possible way to give an alternative answer when there is a difference of opinion with an existing answer?
What is the possible was to be diplomatic and pragmatic when providing answers when there is a different view, different opinions or even contradict existing answers. Also in cases when you believe ...
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Should we upvote answers more often, and/or comment more?
I don't upvote when I don't understand the answer
Often other people post answers, to questions which I don't know the answer to.
If I read their answer, and suspect that it's a good answer, even so ...
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What are comments underneath answers for?
This is to try to explain why some comments (posted underneath answers) are permitted, while others are not; and why some "discussions" or "debates" are permitted, and others are not.
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Does SE have a policy about linking to one's own research, sites, and blogs?
Is there a policy SE again citation or posting related external link one's own blog or research as opposed to a link written by someone else?
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Purpose of downvotes
I've just taken the plunge and answered a few questions. One has attracted two downvotes
Is it possible to recognize a person who has achieved Arhatship?
I think i shall just about survive the ...
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What to do about suicide ideation posts?
We just had a post that could be considered suicide ideation. I tried to comment but in the interim it got closed, so I'm posting here.
Do we need to check if SE itself has a policy for such things? ...
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Should we edit answers to make it clear which Buddhist school/perspective the answer comes from?
Recently I've been (rightly) picked up on answering a question from a particualrly perspective and not flagging this up in the answer (here and here)
I think in both cases I would have been very ...
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Is it our responsibility to maintain the secrecy of unpublished texts?
This question is motivated by the comments on this answer: https://buddhism.stackexchange.com/a/1354/28
Is it our responsibility (where "our" refers to the users of this site, including moderators ...
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How to deal with personal opinions in contrary to the doctrine
Should personal opinions contrary to doctrine (held by any school) or the Tripitaka (Pali, Sanskrit or Tibetan) need qualification as this is a personal view and not what the Buddha preached? A casual ...
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Answers with over-long quotes
Some questions and answers are very long an most of the time just quotations from other sources. With discussions happening in between.
Perhaps it would be better to give the link, citations and ...
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The Buddhism site and moderators
As I've understood this forum is govern by the community. The moderators get elected in forums like SO. But here it seems some are selected as moderators, which has no issue as they are maintaining ...
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Post comments to help improve answers?
We have liberal policies about accepting questions (of any quality) ... but what about answers?
I noticed that Hugh was posting comments in this topic -- and I was wondering whether I can recommend ...
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What are the Moderation Policies for Answers?
The policy of each SE site is defined by its community, for each specific site like Buddhism.SE. So in the context of this site what are the Moderation Policies for Answers? Should we just have the ...