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22 questions linked to/from What is the difference between not answering a question and posting a frame challenge?
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How do you tell an answerer that you think their answer needs work?
Today I saw a weak, but well voted, answer.
There were a number of viable, potential answers to the question. So this was not a "how do I drive drunk safely" impossible answer that must be ...
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To what extent do we respect the OP's request?
There has been a question rattling around in my mind since I started to participate actively on this site. After reading this question, I feel the need to bring it up in meta.
I'm active on several ...
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What should be in our FAQ?
I'm thinking IPS needs a FAQ, because people keep coming to meta with the same questions. I feel IPS is different enough from most of the SE sites these people are used to, that we could use a FAQ to ...
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Everybody understands the answer - but moderators complain - why?
Today I answered this questions:
How to establish boundaries with a roommate without confrontation?
Until now, 9 hours later, 28 people up-voted my answer. This tells me that at least 28 people ...
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What to do with questions about “getting around” peoples' boundaries / autonomy
Sparked by this question:
https://interpersonal.stackexchange.com/questions/1537/how-can-i-tactfully-ask-if-someone-is-expecting-or-not
Since it's a well known faux pas to ask, I'd like to find a ...
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What do we expect from an answer on Interpersonal Skills?
We are trying our very best to remove low quality answers from our site. But there are no clear guidelines on what we, as a community, consider to be a good answer.
So let's try and make a few ...
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4answers
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Avoiding turning “should I” questions into XY problems
The community seems to have come to a consensus that "what should I do" questions are not a good fit here (rightly, I think). A common work-around for these questions is to change should I ...
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Why did my answer get deleted?
I've answered a question, but my answer was later deleted--it even had some upvotes! Why did this happen? What can I do?
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I edited my answer. What can I do to get it undeleted?
Catija deleted my answer (deleted, viewable by 2,000+ rep users only) to this question.
Dad wants me to invite his mother to my wedding. How to push it back?
My answer started with: "Cancel the ...
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Call for contributions about finding examples of great questions and answers
It has been discussed following recent challenges about the site quality that we produce a curated list of "good" questions and answers to redirect newcomers to, so they understand at a ...
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Answer deleted after a year and many positive votes
Been awhile since I have been here, hope all is well.
I am curious past the very brief explanation given by the moderator and the generic stuff in the help section as to why an answer that clearly ...
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“How to tell your grandparent to not come to fetch you with their car?” is on topic?
I read at https://interpersonal.stackexchange.com/help/on-topic -
Other types of questions that are off topic include questions that:
ask us to rewrite text or otherwise tell you what to say. We are ...
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Was this answer an improper frame challenge?
I'm pretty new here, so I am trying to get a better feel for the scope, etiquette, and topicality of this site.
I recently answered a question here, which was moderately well received.
However, ...
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Does this post provide an answer or is it missing the point of OP's question?
In the recent question "How do you tell a Facebook friend that they might be on the autism spectrum?" the currently most upvoted answer is giving the same instant response I'd have given before ...
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What makes question 11643, about talking to flight attendants when the plane has a problem, off-topic?
Question 11643: "How can I properly ask a flight attendant what's going on if I know my plane has a problem?" has been voted as "off-topic" by 7 total people now, while has been voted "on topic" by 5. ...