Unanswered Questions
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The Book of the Month is: "Good Question Good Answer"
Someone suggested that one good way to use this site can be to study books together, and post any questions from those books that we may have.
Bhante Yuttadhammo suggested here that, this month, we ...
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How to get more experts on the site
Certain Buddhism related topics maybe connected to other areas of expertise. We need to have a way to attract people who have a good knowledge in Buddhism and also other areas. Any thoughts in getting ...
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Bug report; "suttas" tag is automatically changed to "suttras" after posting
As titled. There are two tags to choose from but when i choose "suttas" it is changed to "sutras" after posting.
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New SE site for vegetarianism and veganism
There's an Area 51 site for Veganism & Vegetarianism. I figured there would be a fair amount of vegetarians and vegans here, so I thought I'd post it here for those who may be interested! It's ...
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Update on Moderator Issue
So... we have now finally got word back from all three moderators; we are all in agreement to step down and allow for a process similar to the original pro tempore moderator selection.
Once/if the ...
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Should we have weekly or fortnightly topic challenges?
As suggested by Suminda in this answer, I think a weekly or fortnightly topic challenge might be interesting, though I'm not sure how much participation would be generated.
Please read: How do weekly ...
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2021: a year in moderation
As we say goodbye to the old year and welcome the new one, we have a tradition of sharing moderation stats for the preceding calendar year.
As most of you here are aware, sites on the Stack Exchange ...
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What about comparative questions that require non-site specific expertise?
I have found a somewhat similar discussion here;
'Comparative religion' questions
Can we ban "comparative-religion" questions?
However i want to direct attention to a broader range ...
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Whom would you like to ask to help moderating here on BSE?
Since it's a tradition where task are asked by those who grateful like to make use of others sacrifices, and not a marxist tradition, good householder are possible good encouraged to ask and invite ...
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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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Should content the from a Buddhist POV or Perspective or presented in relation to Buddhism
This answer is more generic advice than Buddhist specific advice, as it was originally written. In the comments the OP ties hard to rationalise by making an analogy (similar to writing an essay about ...
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What to do when someone doesn't answer your question but only what they think you are asking?
On this thread I tried to go to some lengths to ask a specific question, and it was assumed that I was asking the exact question that appears in a sutta, despite my saying otherwise.
I did quote that ...
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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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Leading by example and requesting feedback/collaboration
In this question I recieved several answers that were far from what I asked, and had very little effort put into them.
After having one bounty expire unrewarded, the user Ryan put a second bounty on ...
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"resource" or "reference" tag?
Searched for a super-category for various reference materials and resources on information about Buddhism which covers podcasts, books, videos, retreats, etc., didn't find one. Not sure if this is the ...
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