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Proposal for rephrasing the “homework” off-topic explanation

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User comments on my username, starting off-topic discussion - flag declined

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Why is my post labelled “Homework”?

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Handling low quality post queue

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Why can't I (and never could) add a bounty to my question?

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Why has my reputation increased?

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Does a question about vehicle catalytic converters environmental effect fit?

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What are we currently doing with old highly upvoted but kind of bad questions?

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answered Nov 12 at 20:40 theforestecologist♦ 20k

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Are questions about creationism or intelligent design on-topic here?

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modified Nov 11 at 15:36 James 10.6k

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Are Fermi questions welcome?

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modified Oct 16 at 8:15 root 198

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Spirit behind the term “biological concept” in the Help Center

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“support” tag on meta

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Are users allowed to edit questions to better suit the answer they can provide?

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answered Sep 18 at 21:13 David 14.7k

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Why was the question “Is the morphology of the insertion of the gluteus minimus acquired or innate […]” closed as unclear?

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Where can I ask about the behavior of a snake?

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Asking a Microtaxonomy question

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In the Biology SE I have posted a question on may 31,2019.After some days it got deleted by community◆mod(system).Please,can you undelete it?

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Why require at least 6 characters when improving answer?

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Would this be a good community for SBOL Q&A?

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Should I simplify answers for people who are not biologists?

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What are some good, informative comments I can leave for new users?

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Retrieving answers from deleted questions

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Migration back?

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Should there be a writing tag or similar?

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What is our stance on edits that only add one or several tags?

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answered Jun 12 at 17:19 Franck Dernoncourt 1,051

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Should we close questions that do not provide evidence of prior research?

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Finding a deleted question without enough rep

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I see the Biosphere has frozen

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Tidying up questions in a particular subject area

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Synonyme tags `sterilization`/`sterilisation`

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answered Apr 11 at 14:51 Chris♦ 41.5k

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Asking Homework like questions

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cross-post question is deleted. why not to close instead?

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Is it bad to mention if a specific article is open access or paywalled?

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Who is mucking about with the appearance of this site and why?

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Small style and grammar edits to (still) poor questions

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Do we have a beauty troll?

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Spam questions that aren't promotional

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Should this question about the proportion of biologists who believe x be re-opened?

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New moderators, please be more reserved with your close hammer

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Can more options be added for flagging for migration? [duplicate]

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Please (no longer) downvote this post

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modified Mar 8 at 16:56 theforestecologist♦ 20k

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Community Promotion Ads — 2019

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modified Mar 7 at 18:42 theforestecologist♦ 20k

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Is Dawkins' meme theory biology?

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answered Mar 7 at 13:53 fileunderwater 15.6k

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2019 Community Moderator Election Results

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2019 Moderator Election Q&A - Questionnaire

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Reminder: questions about biological mechanisms behind medical conditions are explicitly on topic here

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Question about learning virology for industry?

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