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Why did moderator rumtscho delete links and pictures in one answer, and delete another answer completely?
I have a question about my Seasoned Advice post: What are possible substitutes for pineapple in sweet and sour pork/chicken?
A picture is worth a thousand words. I showed links and pictures to prove ...
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Policy on ChatGPT generated posts
A new Internet phenomenon has reached our own corner of the Stack Exchange network. Today, we had for the first time an answer which we suspect has been generated by ChatGPT.
The network has been ...
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Has the policy on link-only answers changed?
In the past, people would either downvote or attempt to fix ‘link only’ answers.
How to handle these was even brought up in meta years ago: Should link-only answers be flagged?
Recently, I noticed a ...
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Do we want to unpin the accepted answer from the top?
Stack Overflow has changed the way the answers are sorted:
We no longer pin the accepted answer (with the green checkmark) to the top of the list of answers. By default, we now sort strictly by votes ...
StephieMod
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Why were all but one answer deleted on this question?
@rumtscho deleted all but one answer on this question: Is there some "trick" to be able to eat jalapenos without getting an "upset stomach"?
Why? None of the other answers look ...
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Mod edit that invalidated my answer (which sat there for hours to be judged) without adding any disclaimer
I'm really confused regarding this post I answered yesterday: Is it safe to wash meat packaging before throwing it away? The question was previously worded as Disposing of meat packaging, and its ...
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How long is to long to wait to accept an answer?
I asked a question and it may be a while before I make the recipe again to test out the answer. There are also multiple answers that need testing to find the best one.
How long is it acceptable to ...
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Should I answer my question
Since posting a question I discovered AN answer (basically re-read the recipe!!) and posted a comment to that effect; hoping that others would give their opinion on the topic (for or against what the ...
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When to mark a question as answered
Am I right that I only tick an answer to my question if the answer is 'complete'? There is an answer that is "an answer" but not "the amswer".
ALso, I assume one can only tick one answer to the ...
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What's more important, the title question or the question and concerns as asked in the body?
If an answer answers concerns posed in the question, and/or the question posed in the body, but does not answer the question as posed in the title, is it an acceptable answer?
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How feasible is a question on keeping produce fresh?
We have some great answers that serve as general lists on food safety, how long things last in the refrigerator, etc. Would it be a good idea to have one on how best to keep produce fresh? For example:...
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How feasible is a generic question on average portion size?
Every time we get a question about "how much X should I make for N people?" we go through the same dance with clarifications: what's the full menu? what kind of people are you serving to? Then we tend ...
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How much science happens on this site
I'm trying to gauge what the ratio of "in my experience, _____" and "According to _____, ________" is on this site. For example, rpg.stackexchange bans "in my experience, ______" answers.
Food ...
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Comment on deleted answer
I made an answer on this question to the effect of "you don't, but it's safe"
Someone commented on it
but the answer has been deleted.
How can I view that comment?
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Should this answer be kept?
A relatively new user wrote an answer to the question Why do my pastries come out flat when I use butter instead of margarine?. I found that the post had two problems:
It was unstructured, so hard ...
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Second Edition, totally revised, new answer replacing a very highly upvoted one that doesn't answer the question as well
Here's a shocker, the answer involved concerns avocados.
This Q&A has obviously been very rewarding: Browning Avocados - What Helps?
The answers to that question other than my own caused me to ...
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Can you help me form this answer?
After this question: Are limes and lime juice more acidic than lemons and lemon juice?, I decided that some experimentation was in order.
My experimentation isn't exactly on point, I'm not testing ...
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Answers that are works in progress
Like this one: Effect of potato water on bread (early experiment results)
It's not a complete answer yet, and it's just kind of hanging there. I'll be able to improve the answer with continued ...
JolenealaskaMod
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Is just posting a recipe an answer?
See https://cooking.stackexchange.com/a/43226/14401
Is simply posting a recipe an answer?
We don't want to be a recipe exchange site, and there doesn't seem to be any reasoning or answers to the ...
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The answer that I'd like to post doesn't really answer the question, but
I know that the answer really gets to the heart of what the OP was going for - 'cause it's my question. It seems like forever ago that I asked this: Using toasted sesame oil in a cilantro "pesto&...
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What should I do if I decide my upvoted answer is wrong?
I've answered a couple of questions about smoking recently. In one of the other answers, there's a pretty compelling argument against my answer. I haven't changed my mind just yet, but I definitely ...
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Is the sorting of answers on meta broken?
For some meta questions, the answers show up in a different order than by votes. That seems like a bug. This is on Google Chrome 25.0.1364.68 in linux.
The screenshot is from this question. Another ...
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Is there a "How to answer" help page?
In other Stack Exchange sites there's a help page on how to answer (such as this one at Stack Overflow).
I can't find a page like this here, at Seasoned Advice. I find it would be useful for many ...
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Should answers be given to the OP or to a broader audience?
I have recently given an answer. My answer has been a bit controversial, and in one of the comments I've been pointed out that the OP wouldn't like my answer due to cultural reasons.
I know this site ...
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Contest: Create Canonical Answers (Ended) [closed]
We want to encourage definitive, authoritative, canonical answers and -- recognizing that those are a serious time and effort investment to produce -- reward your efforts with public recognition and a ...
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Proposal for Awesome Answers Contest
Update: Thanks for your input. I've just announced the contest!
From the feedback I got when announcing the discontinuation of the weekly topic challenge, as well as some more casual conversations I'...
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Is it a duplicate when the answer can be found in a different question?
I've seen more and more questions that are answered in an older question (I'll provide examples tomorrow).
The question itself isn't a duplicate from the original question, however, the answer can be ...
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What sources are considered authoritative, on "Seasoned Advice"?
Which sources are considered authoritative, for questions asked on Seasoned Advice?
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When do you create an answer vs leave a comment?
I've noticed that some people will leave answers as comments. This question made me think more about this behavior. You'll notice that there are a handful of answers left as comments to the question. ...
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How Should An Active Member of Our Community Respond to Placeholder Answers
Since there is a significant amount of discussion in the comments on this answer that relate to our community, I thought it might be interesting to have a meta discussion about similar answers.
If an ...
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