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Is [space-travel] on topic here?

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Questions pertaining to ongoing competitions

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Should the “naming” and “nomenclature” tags be merged?

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Is “solve this n-body system for me” on topic here?

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answered May 11 at 5:28 uhoh 21.2k

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Should we update definitions and remove the 100 GHz hard limits on radio astronomy related tags?

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Create a wiki entry for future Starlink launches?

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A modest proposal to increase question quality

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Science stack exchanges helping other science stack exchanges!

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Should this question be reopened or a new and improved version of the question posted?

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answered Apr 3 at 14:30 called2voyage♦ 5,526

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Is astrobiology on topic here?

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answered Mar 27 at 14:49 called2voyage♦ 5,526

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Pile-on down voting without a single comment explaining why or how to edit, is this how a site should work? How close was my guess?

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answered Feb 25 at 18:35 Mike G 11k

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Returning to moderation

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Are there any IAU members on the astronomy stack exchange?

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Is there a consensus on the capitalization of Sun, Moon, Earth and the planets on this site?

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answered Feb 13 at 21:26 called2voyage♦ 5,526

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Should questions about specific geographic features on rocky planets in our solar system be on-topic here?

discussion on-topic scope

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Interest in looking into adding the YouTube viewer?

discussion feature-request

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Should I have asked this Space Telescope question here instead?

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Is “what star did I see?” on topic?

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Should we use fahrenheit or celsius? Does it matter?

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Community Policy Repository

discussion faq

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Where do we draw the line concerning planetary science questions?

discussion physics.se

modified Jan 22 at 20:47 called2voyage♦ 5,526

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How do we determine what geoscience questions are in scope?

discussion scope on-topic questions

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How much is astrophysics, cosmology, and theoretical astrophysics on topic?

discussion on-topic scope

modified Jan 22 at 15:59 called2voyage♦ 5,526

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Should tags reflect questions exclusively or the entire question-answer post

discussion tags

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How do we handle questions with answers on other sites?

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I'm taking a leave of absence from moderating

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Too many questions about Starlink

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answered Jan 15 at 21:12 Mike G 11k

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Do we need a notice about billionaire space ventures?

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2019: a year in moderation

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“MathJax help” link is broken

bug status-completed editing mathjax help

answered Jan 1 at 1:49 Shog9 101

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Duplicate Sagittarius A* tags

discussion tags tag-synonyms

answered Dec 20 '19 at 18:39 called2voyage♦ 5,526

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Regarding moderating the new Code of Conduct

discussion moderation editing

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Can we consider Indian Astrology as astronomy?

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answered Oct 15 '19 at 23:07 peterh - Reinstate Monica 2,520

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Should I change the title of my question to make the results more searchable?

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answered Oct 8 '19 at 14:52 called2voyage♦ 5,526

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Should we have a speed-of-light tag?

discussion status-declined tags

modified Sep 19 '19 at 13:15 called2voyage♦ 5,526

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Why was this question voted down?

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answered Sep 9 '19 at 23:46 Chappo Hasn't Forgotten Monica 1,069

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What is the difference between the “chemistry” and “astrochemistry” tags?

discussion status-completed tags tag-synonyms

modified Aug 30 '19 at 18:24 called2voyage♦ 5,526

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Is the [ufo] tag on-topic for this site?

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Is tag “trajectory” necessary?

discussion status-completed tags

modified Aug 30 '19 at 18:21 called2voyage♦ 5,526

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Is there really a use to having separate [time] and [date-time] tags?

discussion status-completed tags

modified Aug 30 '19 at 18:20 called2voyage♦ 5,526

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Red dot stays on review queue after queue is empty

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modified Aug 21 '19 at 18:02 Community♦ 1

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Is TESS a sky-survey? Is the tag sufficiently broad for all kinds of surveys?

discussion status-completed tags specific-tag

modified Aug 15 '19 at 13:41 called2voyage♦ 5,526

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Strange problem creating sunspots tag & should we have a sunspots tag?

discussion bug status-completed tags specific-tag

modified Aug 13 '19 at 20:19 called2voyage♦ 5,526

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Spectroscopy Spectrometry Spectra and Spectrum tags; is there room for some consolidation?

discussion status-completed tags tag-synonyms retagging

modified Aug 13 '19 at 20:17 called2voyage♦ 5,526

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Why was my comment deleted, and this this replacement comment okay?

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answered Jul 18 '19 at 15:08 called2voyage♦ 5,526

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How long, under current policy (as of 6/18/2019), do closed questions remain visible?

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modified Jul 4 '19 at 23:19 Community♦ 1

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Can I nominate someone for an award for answering an extremely tough question?

feature-request

modified Jul 4 '19 at 22:27 uhoh 21.2k

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Should this question about touching event horizons really be closed as duplicate?

discussion specific-question vote-to-close exact-duplicates

answered Jun 26 '19 at 13:28 called2voyage♦ 5,526

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