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Why did a downvote ended up on my question?

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Do we want to experiment with changing the close/reopen vote threshold?

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Earth Day 2021: thinking about our planet, biology, and sustainability

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Problematic criteria related to “homework questions”

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Where is a question on Radiobiology and Dosimetry going to best be answered?

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More about closed/deleted questions and how to improve them

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This website is incredibly unfriendly to interdisciplinary discourse

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Is there a clash between numerical citations and automatic image numbering?

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Why was my recent question downvoted?

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Should this question be moved?

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Is there any way I can improve my question and get the answer?

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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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2020: a year in moderation

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Are questions getting deleted too easily?

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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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No answer on my SE question, posted it somewhere else, got an answer there: what should I do?

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

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Are questions about language interpretation on-topic?

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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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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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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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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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