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12 questions linked to/from Let’s take another approach to close reasons
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Are translation requests from German allowed? / Sind Fragen nach Übersetzungen aus dem Deutschen erlaubt?
According to the FAQ, translation requests to German are on topic. No source language is specified there. But what about from German, especially from German to English. Questions such as this are ...
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"Research effort" revisited
From previous discussions, and from entries in our help section we now increasingly close questions that do not show enough research effort.
This leads to confusion and frustration of new users who ...
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How do I ask good, on-topic questions about meaning, translations, or differences?
What can I do to ensure that my question on the meaning or translation of a word or phrase or the difference between two words is on-topic and attracts good and useful answers?
This is a FAQ to help ...
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These are our new custom close reasons
From a recent proposal it was clear, that we accepted to have new custom close reasons replacing our existing custom close reason.
To go live we need your vote, your suggestions, and your critique on ...
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2020 Moderator Election Q&A - Questionnaire
In connection with the moderator elections, we are holding a Q&A thread for the candidates. Questions collected [from an earlier thread](In connection with the moderator elections, we are holding ...
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Are questions related to peer review of a text on topic?
As the title of this question says, are questions like “I wrote this text in German language … Is it grammatically correct?” on topic for this site?
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Do we need additional close reasons?
There have been rather many questions lately that ask for differences between words or phrases and which should be easily solvable with a dictionary or a similar resource and therefore do not require ...
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Wann soll ich welchen Schließgrund bei Fragen nach Übersetzungen, Bedeutungen u. Ä. verwenden?
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Auf Meta gibt es einige Diskussionen darüber, wann Fragen nach Übersetzungen, Bedeutungen, Unterschieden o. Ä. auf dieser Seite willkommen sind und wann sie geschlossen werden sollen. Was ist ...
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Interface localization to German
Very related to Which language should tags be in? and What language should the questions be written in?, but I mostly want to address the Stack team and probe for possibilities:
Should/can the ...
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What kind of questions have to indicate prior research?
I ask this question to have a clear consensus about this, stemming from the current opinion of the community (and not something discussed during site planning on Area 51 or alongside another ...
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Können wir Fragen offen lassen, wenn ein Wörterbuch auch nicht helfen würde?
Ich finde jeden Tag Fragen mit Close-Votes, in denen nach dem Bedeutungsnterschied zwischen zwei Wörtern mit ähnlicher Bedeutung gefragt wird, etwa diese Frage. Die Close-Reason ist:
This site is ...
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Let's add German explanations to our help center
In a recent discussion about our close reasons, it was proposed to add a German explanation. While a basic knowledge of English is required to handle the SE user interface, it is debatable whether ...
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