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Winter Bash 2014 - Time to wear hats again?

Why not? I have no idea what you are talking about, but I am curiuos and it sounds like fun.
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Should we be less picky on questions that we close as off topic?

Thanks for raising this question. I was one of those who voted for closing it. It appeared to me to be something that could be easily solved by looking up the term in the Duden, so I saw this as a cle …
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What language is preferrable for answers to questions written in German?

I don't see why we should treat German questions different than English questions, so I will answer the more general question "What language should answers be written in?". As a rule of thumb, answer …
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Community moderation: What are our guidelines to delete posts?

What are our guides for post-deletion? I don't see a reason why we should not follow the general SE guidelines in this point. What "harm" could be done to our site if we had not deleted them? …
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Community moderation: When would be the right time to delete a poor question or answer?

Given the voting system and the automated cleansing of questions that Takkat mentioned I don't see why whe should delete content at all for poor quality, as long as meets the minimal requirements defi …
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Is an answer that points out an error in another answer and says how to fix it a valid answe...

It is not an answer. At its very beginning it declares "just wanted to add something to Hubert's answer". So it is not an attempt to answer the question, but its a post about somoneone elses answer. …
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On closing questions and questions per day // Über Fragenschließen und Fragen pro Tag

Also bitte haltet euch nicht zurück, wenn Übersetzungsanfragen oder Grammatikbuchnachschlagfragen geschlossen werden sollen – es beeinflusst unsere Fragen-pro-Tag-Statistik nicht negativ, hilft abe …
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Is an answer that points out an error in another answer and says how to fix it a valid answe...

We currently have a long and vivid discussion about a newbie answer that said it was written as an answer for lack of reputation to write a comment pointed out two minor errors in another answer to the …
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When to use the "meaning" tag

I am bit puzzled about the usage of the meaning tag, because we also have word-meaning and meaning-in-context. The definitions of the two latter seem to describe subsets of what the meaning tag applie …
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When is an answer not an answer?

While I second Wrzlprmft's position and reasoning, I also acknowledge that it is more difficult than one might think to come to an agreement what a question is all about and whether an answer adresses …
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Do we want to change our chat room’s name?

I think the current name is the best choice, but for the case the community wants to change it I propose Auerbachs Keller Like the chat rooms of our Italian, French and Spanish partner sites it is …
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Shouldn't the tour to the site contain in the "Don't ask about..." section "direct translati...

I think it would help to have a direct link from that section to https://german.stackexchange.com/help/on-topic We already have a prominent link to the help center at the bottom of the tour page. I t …
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How to handle questions that are based on an acoustical misunderstanding?

While one of these two received 4 close votes and a lengthy discussion whether it was off-topic, the other just passed silently to this regard. … There already was a discussion here about questions that were caused by a simple typo. One could argue that what I am asking about is kind of an "acoustical typo". …
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Are questions related to peer review of a text on topic?

No, in this broadness such a question would not be on-topic here. We do not offer a proof-reading service, and we strive to discuss questions that would be of interest for a general audience. Your tex …
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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. …
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