Questions tagged [community]
For questions about fostering a sense of community among users of the site
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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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Community topics at meta
{note that meta was posted here since not able to post (steady error) in eta area, may the moderators pardon the additional work arising from it and may it be of benefit anyway for all your welfare}
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The ways of leading (community) penalties?
Althought very unpopular in modern world, to speak about and to make penalties puplic has a huge impact and support when based on good rules.
As it is usual in this community as well, to set ...
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What's the purpose and policy of this site?
Do we need, can we have, a topic which describes or summarizes the purpose and policies of this site?
Most people (including new users) don't seem to need one, i.e. they contribute questions and/or ...
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Stack Overflow Gives Back 2015
What charities will we support? I guess this is perhaps in the hands of the moderators but perhaps some voting guide the decision maybe good idea.
Link: http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2015/12/stack-...
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On down voting and the Buddhism SE
Hello Buddhism SE community
I rarely downvote answers, when I do my reasons are simple :
Inaccurate information
Does not address or answer the question
I want to know
Are there other reasons ...
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A chat session about the direction of Buddhism SE
We are changing a lot as a site and I think it's fair to say that a number of users have concerns. Just in the way of a concrete suggestion - what about a chat room and a scheduled time span (perhaps ...
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Should we encourage people to fill in their profiles?
Just moving on from the sectarian affiliation question - should we encourage users to fill in their profiles with a few details about their own affiliation and practice. It may help new users ...
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100% Answered Questions - Wow!
I know it's not a competition and we shouldn't use it as a target and really 100% isn't really 100% but....
Wow - 100% answered questions on this site. OK I know there is still 9 without an upvoted ...
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Happy Birthday to us
We started private beta on 17th June 2014 so Buddhism Stack Exchange (Beta) is now over one year old. The first question to pop onto our newly born site was Is there an equivalent of heaven and hell ...
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buddhism.SE not a sangha
I commented here that we may need to be open to the possibility that Buddhism in general (as opposed to the more restricted "Buddhist Studies" or "Buddhology") may be unsuited to the SE style of forum....
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Making claims of attainments
I recently saw a Buddhism.SE profile claiming stream entry, and was asked today about my own attainments in meditation. I am disinclined to reveal these details, since it removes the focus from the ...
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Suggestion for the coming “close storm”
I can see on the user list we are about to get enough people with 500 rep that questions will start closing.
I lived through the "Science Fiction" stack exchange beta. Things I remember:
one day, ...
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Right speech and SE customs. Are Buddhists too nice for an SE site?
Some of the best stack exchange sites can be brutal in how they deal with low quality questions and answers.
Low quality questions are shut down.
Low quality answers are voted down
People will either ...
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Vote Early, Vote Often
I read a while ago the Maths SE has an explicit aim to vote a lot - to really encourage the voting up of answers AND questions to try to have the set point for the community as being a high voting one....
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Encouraging People to Accept Answers
We are now in the public beta, which means it is a good time to start trying to get people to accept answers–especially after they have been around for a few days.
What are some ways we can help ...
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Should we flag up which Buddhist tradition we practice with?
Just a thought / random idea.
One of the interesting things about the site is that people from different traditions all contribute to the site. Hopefully it will continue and grow.
When I am reading ...
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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 ...
