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Why do some of our most prolific question answerers (and therefore reputation beneficiaries) rarely-to-never up vote questions they answer?

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Connor GarciaMod

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answered May 3 at 17:53

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Should we have a community-specific closing reason for Astrology questions?

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called2voyageMod

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answered Apr 18 at 16:29

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One tag for LIGO, Virgo and KAGRA or three, or none?

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called2voyageMod

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answered Apr 18 at 14:11

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Can we have a guideline about astrology for the on-topic section in the help center?

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called2voyageMod

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answered Apr 7 at 17:32

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How can I withdraw a down vote?

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Connor GarciaMod

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answered Mar 28 at 20:25

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Is 500 reputations enough to be able to "cast close & reopen votes"?

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HDE 226868Mod

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modified Mar 23 at 17:00

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I think that we have no good tags for solar-system-evolution or asteroid-formation or asteroid-evolution. Should we?

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CommunityBot

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modified Mar 14 at 5:02

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Do we need to downvote posts of New Contributors?

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ProfRob

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answered Mar 6 at 11:27

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For multi-part questions, are both partial and complete answers encouraged?

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Connor GarciaMod

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answered Feb 16 at 22:30

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Need help with a proper Sunyaev-Zeldovich-effect tag

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called2voyageMod

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modified Feb 1 at 15:34

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Question got roomba'd, would it be possible to undelete it?

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Connor GarciaMod

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modified Jan 18 at 21:52

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Should we make the [starspot] and [sunspots] tags synonyms?

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uhoh

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modified Jan 16 at 23:23

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2021: a year in moderation

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JNatStaffMod

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asked Jan 12 at 16:21

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Graduation of the Astronomy Stack Exchange

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Max0815

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answered Jan 6 at 3:38

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Do we have enough tags to "span the space" of astronomical eclipses and transits? Is something missing or needs changing?

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uhoh

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modified Jan 2 at 23:46

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Site customization ideas?

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fasterthanlight

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asked Dec 16, 2021 at 17:23

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Should this question be reformulated or should I post a new question?

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ProfRob

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modified Dec 7, 2021 at 8:22

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"Serial voting was reversed" while I have only one item to vote on

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called2voyageMod

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modified Dec 3, 2021 at 17:33

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How to easily find & link to that amazingly helpful "How to find the positions of the planets and stars?" question with the big Community Wiki answer?

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Jean-Marie Prival

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modified Nov 22, 2021 at 16:15

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Post your pictures of the Beaver Moon Lunar Eclipse here!

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fasterthanlight

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answered Nov 19, 2021 at 9:39

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Removing the [ar] tag?

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called2voyageMod

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answered Nov 9, 2021 at 15:31

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Should we add the eyepiece tag to all questions that are about eyepieces? Or instead delete it since tagging would be a hopeless, quixotic quest?

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uhoh

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answered Oct 24, 2021 at 23:28

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Do we want accepted answers to be pinned to the top?

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PM 2Ring

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modified Oct 1, 2021 at 8:07

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Is insta-closing of potential duplicates always the best way? In low Q-rate sites? Is there something to be said for slow-closing or eventual closing?

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Connor GarciaMod

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answered Sep 29, 2021 at 17:38

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Is "But really you would do better to ask your teacher. They are paid to answer this kind of question." in an answer the wrong message and anti-SE?

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uhoh

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asked Sep 28, 2021 at 3:02

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Should the E-ELT tag get "sent to the cornfield" and replaced by extremely-large-telescope?

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uhoh

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modified Sep 8, 2021 at 23:56

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Should we close an unclear question with acceped answer?

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called2voyageMod

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answered Sep 1, 2021 at 14:30

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Why does SE hide the "stellar-dynamics" tag from us when we type "stella..." and leave a blank spot instead? ("stellar..." behaves differently)

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uhoh

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asked Aug 28, 2021 at 0:25

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How old is our Astronomy SE?

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called2voyageMod

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answered Aug 26, 2021 at 14:42

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New to Stack exchange. What is Meta and Beta in Astronomy SE?

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Nilay Ghosh

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answered Aug 25, 2021 at 4:03

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What exactly count as a "hypothetical question"?

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ProfRob

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answered Aug 24, 2021 at 12:27

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How to attract real-world radio telescopists to radio astronomy observational techniques questions?

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uhoh

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modified Aug 19, 2021 at 13:31

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How to write and format tweet-based questions in Astronomy SE?

called2voyageMod

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answered Aug 17, 2021 at 19:38

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Congratulations to @ProfRob for reaching 100k reputation!

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uhoh

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modified Aug 17, 2021 at 0:33

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What to do when engaged in a never ending discussion

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StephenG - Help Ukraine

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answered Aug 14, 2021 at 22:50

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Thought experiment questions that aren't completely scientific?

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uhoh

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modified Aug 14, 2021 at 22:42

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Let's make an attempt to answer old, unanswered questions

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Nilay Ghosh

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modified Aug 14, 2021 at 5:49

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Too many downvote on questions recently?

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uhoh

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modified Aug 13, 2021 at 23:45

8 votes

3 answers

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Why don't question-askers accept answers?

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uhoh

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modified Aug 8, 2021 at 1:19

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Is there a useful distinction between the DIY and the telescope-making tags? Should they be somehow merged?

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uhoh

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modified Jul 30, 2021 at 12:46

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Towards defining the tags "electromagnetic-spectrum" and "wavelength"

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CommunityBot

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modified Jul 22, 2021 at 19:03

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Why do so few users suggest edits?

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Chappo Hasn't Forgotten Monica

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answered Jul 10, 2021 at 5:02

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Stop the off-hand "this sounds like a homework question" comments that offer no guidance and raise false flags?

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David Hammen

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answered Jun 19, 2021 at 16:55

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Science stack exchanges helping other science stack exchanges!

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GaelC

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modified Jun 17, 2021 at 2:26

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Did this question get closed too quickly? Doesn't it actually have a good answer that's now impossible to post?

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HDE 226868Mod

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answered Jun 12, 2021 at 15:41

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Interest in Photo of the Week?

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fasterthanlight

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asked May 29, 2021 at 15:04

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2 answers

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Where did the "Is this object Mars" question go?

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ndnenkov

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modified May 27, 2021 at 9:20

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Do we need a tag for merging? I struggled to find something suitable for supermassive black hole mergers in galaxy collisions

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uhoh

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asked May 16, 2021 at 2:49

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