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Expanded tag wiki for "project-structure"

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2025: a year in moderation

HoidStaffMod

101

modified Jan 12 at 21:57

3 votes

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Doc Brown

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modified Jan 5 at 15:35

4 votes

2 answers

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Arseni Mourzenko

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-1 votes

2 answers

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You might be able to help me: Pre-post question review

CPlusMod

1,229

modified Dec 31, 2025 at 2:50

1 vote

1 answer

54 views

Should comments be edited out from answers?

Doc Brown

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modified Dec 26, 2025 at 13:23

24 votes

4 answers

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CPlusMod

1,229

modified Dec 6, 2025 at 22:07

3 votes

1 answer

76 views

Hidden history entry by Community Bot

CPlusMod

1,229

modified Dec 4, 2025 at 18:20

13 votes

3 answers

166 views

I've stepped down as a moderator

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-1 votes

1 answer

106 views

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Thomas OwensMod

86k

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2 votes

1 answer

71 views

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Thomas OwensMod

86k

answered Nov 5, 2025 at 17:34

1 vote

1 answer

66 views

Possible improvement to user experience on help page

KyleMitStaffMod

113

modified Nov 5, 2025 at 15:07

2 votes

2 answers

101 views

How long does a suggested edit typically linger in the review queue?

Doc Brown

221k

modified Nov 3, 2025 at 6:03

0 votes

2 answers

123 views

Please don't make or approve tiny little edits to old questions

Basilevs

4,782

answered Oct 20, 2025 at 10:44

3 votes

1 answer

113 views

"move this discussion to chat?" link is broken

Thomas OwensMod

86k

answered Sep 26, 2025 at 23:30

24 votes

1 answer

1k views

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Doc Brown

221k

modified Sep 22, 2025 at 6:12

-4 votes

4 answers

528 views

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CPlusMod

1,229

modified Sep 5, 2025 at 19:53

17 votes

1 answer

370 views

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CPlusMod

1,229

modified Sep 2, 2025 at 5:50

38 votes

1 answer

7k views

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CPlusMod

1,229

modified Aug 29, 2025 at 19:52

-4 votes

2 answers

269 views

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Ewan

85.7k

modified Aug 23, 2025 at 15:21

3 votes

1 answer

103 views

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Doc Brown

221k

modified Aug 23, 2025 at 5:21

2 votes

2 answers

126 views

Cannot flag or edit broken link in historically locked question

CPlusMod

1,229

answered Aug 21, 2025 at 20:47

3 votes

0 answers

96 views

Reopen a question that was closed, then changed, and now is missing last reopen vote

CPlusMod

1,229

modified Aug 21, 2025 at 8:14

2 votes

1 answer

197 views

Guidelines for questions about a specific language lacking a specific feature

CPlusMod

1,229

modified Aug 16, 2025 at 9:34

0 votes

1 answer

157 views

Removed question was before closed by moderator

CPlusMod

1,229

modified Aug 16, 2025 at 9:19

5 votes

1 answer

149 views

Tag Synonym/Merge [Go] and [Golang]

CPlusMod

1,229

modified Aug 13, 2025 at 23:17

4 votes

0 answers

118 views

2025 Community Moderator Election

BertholdStaffMod

101

modified Aug 13, 2025 at 20:05

12 votes

0 answers

156 views

2025 Community Moderator Election Results

BertholdStaffMod

101

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7 votes

2 answers

161 views

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Thomas OwensMod

86k

modified Aug 1, 2025 at 23:33

6 votes

0 answers

179 views

2025 Moderator Election Q&A – Question Collection

BertholdStaffMod

101

modified Jul 29, 2025 at 20:19

0 votes

1 answer

119 views

Are naming questions on-topic?

Doc Brown

221k

modified Jul 11, 2025 at 12:48

0 votes

0 answers

51 views

Mobile chat always shows irrelevant rooms

Basilevs

4,782

modified Jul 2, 2025 at 8:33

2 votes

1 answer

78 views

What are the acceptable criteria to determine that an answer is AI generated

Thomas OwensMod

86k

answered Jun 30, 2025 at 13:31

0 votes

1 answer

295 views

Tag usage guidance

CommunityBot

1

modified Jun 28, 2025 at 19:07

0 votes

1 answer

106 views

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Thomas OwensMod

86k

answered May 9, 2025 at 16:26

0 votes

2 answers

122 views

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Greg Burghardt

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answered Apr 24, 2025 at 13:18

0 votes

1 answer

68 views

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Thomas OwensMod

86k

answered Apr 15, 2025 at 17:23

2 votes

1 answer

80 views

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Thomas OwensMod

86k

answered Apr 10, 2025 at 16:03

-1 votes

1 answer

133 views

Question closed without explanation - why?

Doc Brown

221k

modified Apr 2, 2025 at 5:31

1 vote

1 answer

81 views

Can opinion-based questions be migrated to SO Discussion?

Thomas OwensMod

86k

answered Mar 2, 2025 at 10:20

0 votes

1 answer

67 views

Were my comments deleted from this closed question, and if so, why?

Thomas OwensMod

86k

answered Feb 16, 2025 at 21:01

2 votes

1 answer

217 views

Are “root cause” questions opinion based?

Doc Brown

221k

modified Jan 29, 2025 at 13:01

45 votes

11 answers

23k views

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Doc Brown

221k

modified Jan 21, 2025 at 7:08

2 votes

0 answers

44 views

2024: a year in moderation

JNatStaffMod

101

asked Jan 15, 2025 at 16:19

0 votes

3 answers

137 views

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Doc Brown

221k

modified Dec 29, 2024 at 7:45

3 votes

2 answers

133 views

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Doc Brown

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