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Would this site welcome an influx of technical synthetic biology Q&A?

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What's wrong with this question that was edited to include research?

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High number of closed questions

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Is this not considered evidence of effort?

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Why was my question downvoted?

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2020: a year in moderation

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Where should I ask questions related to biology but need explanation in chemistry also?

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Drive for the use of correct English on Biology SE

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Why are questions about whether research without direct experience is scientific or not subjective?

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answered Dec 21 '20 at 19:58 theforestecologist♦ 23.3k

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Are questions about language interpretation on-topic?

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What to do about polarizing questions?

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Question get closed (with misunderstanding)

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Why was my post flagged as spam by a bot?

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answered Nov 19 '20 at 22:10 Chris♦ 47.2k

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How are species accurately identified?

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Expert opinion and answers to species identification questions. Why not?

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Help developing question about fishing and the carbon cycle

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Can we do something about the one-line “interesting” questions?

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Am I blocked? I am getting am image with a fish

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answered Sep 30 '20 at 0:12 Bryan Krause♦ 28.1k

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Why am I still blocked to ask questions?

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Why was I suspended for 30 days for “plagiarism”, when I linked to and blockquoted a Reddit comment?

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Should we have a unified format for references?

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answered Aug 26 '20 at 14:46 David 18.3k

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Why was my question about internal body nerve biology just killed? I explained “actual problem I face”, with words others cited did too

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Tags for species and families of mammals familiar to humans

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What is the problem with breasts?

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Using google lens or an app for identification of species

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Should I edit or 'revive' poorly written posts, even if they have been downvoted several times?

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How to correctly format names of compounds?

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Is the biology site the appropriate place to ask for book references and such

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Are new users now unable to post answers?

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Why are all of my answers downvoted?

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Where do public policy questions related to biology go?

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Add a tag for scientific names

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Information about coronaviruses (how to ask, and external resources)

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Does there exist a substantial guide for how to write questions on biology.SE?

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Can the Ebola, Measles, Coronaviruses somehow lead to a new deadlier virus?

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Communication with moderators over posts needing citations

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Why was my question migrated to medical science?

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Why is this question about terminology bad?

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modified Mar 19 '20 at 20:23 AliceD♦ 49.8k

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is this question about epidemiology on-topic?

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answered Mar 17 '20 at 17:41 David 18.3k

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Is Biology more like “expert answers to your questions” or more like “expert answers to your expert questions”?

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Why was it hidden / deleted?

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