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Are questions about vaccine approval process on-topic?

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Closing low effort, non-homework posts, as 'homework' is confusing and should be changed

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Should the answer that appears on "top" be the OP's "accepted answer" or the answer with most votes?

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Is a source that must be viewed not good?

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answered Nov 24 at 13:47 David 20.5k

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When is it appropriate for a moderator to take a side in an argument and delete only the half of the argument they disagree with?

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Someone just mass-downvoted some of my questions

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Why was my question closed?

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Why was a question asking for further explanation on why a homework answer was wrong removed?

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answered Oct 21 at 15:54 Bryan KrauseMod 31.9k

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Is this popular question on mycotoxins in oatmeal off-topic?

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Can we have the option to reccomend moving a post to se.bioinformatics?

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What should I do now that my question seems to be too difficult/big?

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Guidelines I’m missing?

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On the recent appearance of Community Comments

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modified Sep 6 at 13:22 Bryan KrauseMod 31.9k

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Why is this question on blood supply in tendon downvoted?

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Voting down answers because you don't like the question

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Do we need/want an overarching books question?

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answered Jul 13 at 14:41 David 20.5k

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Withdraw or edit an upvoted and accepted answer?

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modified Jun 23 at 7:12 AliceDMod 50.5k

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Are palaeontology/palaeobiology questions allowed?

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How to tag questions about animals or other living things surviving being frozen for a long time? Is a new tag needed or just adjust cryonics tag?

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Tag bug: Replication

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Community Promotion Ads — 2020 [duplicate]

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Is it possible to see the comments of a deleted answer?

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Is "Not applicable and here's why" valid as an answer?

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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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modified Apr 5 at 3:10 jakebeal 6,859

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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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How come my question is opinion based and this question is on topic?

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modified Mar 12 at 8:02 AliceDMod 50.5k

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Where there are so many downvotes on this question?

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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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modified Feb 1 at 22:10 Bryan KrauseMod 31.9k

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Is this not considered evidence of effort?

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Why was my question downvoted?

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modified Jan 22 at 18:34 theforestecologistMod 24.4k

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2020: a year in moderation

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Are questions getting deleted too easily?

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answered Jan 13 at 23:17 Bryan KrauseMod 31.9k

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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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answered Jan 3 at 0:13 Bryan KrauseMod 31.9k

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Downvoting and recommending closure

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