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Why should somebody consult an online translation service before asking here?
Why should somebody consult an online translation service before asking here?
I think that consulting an automatic translation services should never be mandatory and given their inevitable ...
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Why should somebody consult an online translation service before asking here?
A principle in most SE-sites is "Show your own effort!" I think this principle rules for German SE, too. And in this sense, it is not too much to ask to use an online translator1, to look if it ...
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Let’s change “general references” to “databases”
Because of the issues we have with an umbrella term I propose we ditch general reference alltogether and just say what reference we mean:
This site is about the usage and rules of the German ...
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Why is there a "Does the asker explain why a dictionary did not help?" step in the closure flow chart?
I see your point that this step feels superfluous: If the asker explained why a dictionary did not help, how can we expect that a simple look-up in a dictionary would not answer the question?
Let’s ...
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New audience-specific texts for our custom close reasons
Needs expertise in a language other than German
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New audience-specific texts for our custom close reasons
Bulk proofreading or translation request
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Can be answered just as well by a dictionary, thesaurus, or conjugation table
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Let’s change “general references” to “databases”
I disagree because the term database is also ambiguous and does not necessarily imply a structured text IMHO. For me personally it is rather a very technical term, this is probably related to my ...
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Was für Details? (Der Streusel-Snack)
Wenn ich das richtig sehe, hat niemand deine Frage, dass Schnecke und Snack miteinander verwandt sein könnten, ernst genommen. Diese Frage wird allerdings auch verdunkelt dadurch, dass du sie daran ...
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Why answer deleted for spam or rudeness
You wrote:
[Your text is] bordering to satire with the last bullshit-bingo winning business-speak sentence
which I consider to be violating the code of conduct, in particular: “No subtle put-downs ...
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What is wrong with closing a question as a dupe?
In my opinion we think that the dupe question is a bad thing because sometimes the target question doesn't answer our question even if it has answers (maybe they are good answers only to that question)...
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What does an opinion based big list question need to be accepted?
The question you are referring to asks about the ‘preeminent’ newspapers and then goes to list what OP considers to be these in the US. There is only a very small set of newspapers, both daily and ...
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Showing various close reasons for closed questions
The displayed close reason (duplicate, off-topic, too broad, unclear or opinion-based) will be chosen by the majority of close votes dropped for one of these reasons. (The system has measures in place ...
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