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

modified Aug 15 at 13:41 called2voyage♦ 4,256

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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 at 20:19 called2voyage♦ 4,256

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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 at 20:17 called2voyage♦ 4,256

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

discussion specific-question close-reasons vote-to-close

answered Jul 18 at 15:08 called2voyage♦ 4,256

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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 at 23:19 uhoh 10.1k

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

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modified Jul 4 at 22:27 uhoh 10.1k

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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 at 13:28 called2voyage♦ 4,256

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Can we 🐻 to have emoji in posts?

discussion emoji

modified May 28 at 17:20 called2voyage♦ 4,256

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

discussion tags on-topic

modified May 25 at 17:55 mistertribs 2,438

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Are questions asking for help with calculations and results on or off topic?

discussion asking-questions

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Is there any way to tell which questions a deleted user effected?

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modified May 25 at 4:00 Catija♦ 101

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Are all questions asking for simple explanations really off-topic? Or should we rethink the site's “purpose” statement?

discussion on-topic site-purpose

modified May 11 at 15:32 Chappo 1,018

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What gives with all these comments about “too many images” in some of my posts?

discussion specific-question image-quotas

modified May 10 at 13:34 uhoh 10.1k

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

discussion tags tag-synonyms

modified May 2 at 0:22 uhoh 10.1k

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Red dot stays on review queue after queue is empty

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modified Apr 23 at 18:02 Community♦ 1

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Reputation transfer

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answered Apr 23 at 16:00 Andrew T. 105

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Are questions about phenomenon only observed in certain YouTube channels on-topic?

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answered Apr 20 at 3:19 Chappo 1,018

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Nuclear physics, relativity theory and quantum mechanic on Astronomy SE

discussion on-topic

modified Mar 29 at 10:40 uhoh 10.1k

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What stellar content do we want to share with Twitter?

discussion site-promotion stackexchange

modified Mar 14 at 17:28 HDE 226868♦ 21k

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When can a “beta” site become an official one?

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answered Feb 24 at 15:40 Andrew T. 105

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This month's focus tag: white-dwarf

discussion focus-tag

modified Feb 21 at 14:47 called2voyage♦ 4,256

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This month's focus tag: dust

discussion focus-tag

modified Feb 18 at 21:26 called2voyage♦ 4,256

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This month's focus tag: tidal-forces

discussion focus-tag

modified Feb 18 at 21:26 called2voyage♦ 4,256

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Why was this answer deleted? Is it possible to re-open and this link added to it?

discussion specific-question answers

modified Feb 13 at 3:39 uhoh 10.1k

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Do you want to write for our blog?

discussion site-promotion blog

modified Feb 13 at 1:42 Pika the Wizard of the Whales 171

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

discussion tags

answered Feb 13 at 1:38 Pika the Wizard of the Whales 171

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Destroy the [science] tag

discussion status-completed tags

modified Jan 31 at 18:19 called2voyage♦ 4,256

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Should [observation] and [observational-astronomy] be merged?

discussion status-completed tags merge-request

modified Jan 31 at 18:18 called2voyage♦ 4,256

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Off-site Astronomy community promotion ads

discussion resources site-promotion stackexchange

modified Jan 23 at 19:59 Sir Cumference 5,789

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Interest in looking into adding the YouTube viewer?

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modified Jan 12 at 8:29 uhoh 10.1k

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Am I a sea lion?

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answered Jan 12 at 3:38 HDE 226868♦ 21k

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Blog Status Update #1

discussion site-promotion blog

asked Jan 4 at 3:09 HDE 226868♦ 21k

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Should we have a blog?

discussion site-promotion blog

modified Jan 3 at 15:26 HDE 226868♦ 21k

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2018: a year in moderation

discussion moderation statistics

modified Jan 1 at 20:28 Glorfindel 3,021

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Who should our moderators be?

discussion moderators

modified Dec 28 '18 at 23:17 Glorfindel 3,021

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Astronomy doesn't show at the top of `Explore our sites`

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modified Dec 26 '18 at 20:49 Glorfindel 3,021

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Can a vote to close be reversed if a user is removed?

discussion support asking-questions user-accounts vote-to-close

modified Dec 24 '18 at 19:01 Community♦ 1

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I can't find this site's “homework policy” or find out how “suspected homework question askers” should be treated

discussion specific-question new-users

answered Dec 17 '18 at 14:08 Chappo 1,018

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Monthly focus tag

discussion tags

answered Nov 29 '18 at 14:19 called2voyage♦ 4,256

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Link in user profile wants to install PUPs (potentially unwanted programs)

support new-users profile-page

modified Nov 25 '18 at 3:11 HDE 226868♦ 21k

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Would this question have been better to ask in Astronomy? Could it be split it into two? Something else?

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answered Nov 14 '18 at 16:33 called2voyage♦ 4,256

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At what point does up voting become serial?

discussion support user-accounts up-votes

answered Nov 6 '18 at 0:52 Mark 1,931

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Should the hubble-telescope and hst tags be merged?

discussion status-completed tags merge-request

modified Nov 2 '18 at 3:29 HDE 226868♦ 21k

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Why have recent cosmology/astrophysics questions been closed as off-topic?

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answered Oct 9 '18 at 9:47 Mick 1,186

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What does astronomy meta thinks of community wiki?

discussion community-wiki

modified Oct 9 '18 at 5:13 astrosnapper 4,229

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Sandbox suggestion

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modified Aug 1 '18 at 12:01 Community♦ 1

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How is this question “primarily opinion-based”, and can I save it from closure?

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answered Jul 5 '18 at 18:35 StephenG 4,274

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Can we please not make the terrible question “Why does gravity make everything round” this basis for duplicates?

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answered Jun 12 '18 at 20:05 StephenG 4,274

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