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How do I discreetly give feedback about, or question, the behaviour of a moderator?

Let us suppose that I question the behaviour or ruling of a moderator. This may be something serious or a minor quibble that I think is worth addressing. I need to give examples in order to justify my ...
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How many people are helping to moderate this site?

For a SE site to be successful, we need people to help moderate it. The more help, the better. So, I'm wondering, could we have some information about how many different people help moderate this ...
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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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Why has my answer been deleted?

I answered a question (How to schedule meetups effectively?) on how to schedule a meeting effectively. My answer was later deleted. Why was it removed? Image for those with lower rep:
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Are users notified by the site when their answer gets deleted?

When an answer doesn't match the site's requirements, one should follow the following process (granted they have enough reputation to do so): Flag the answer with the appropriate reason, (Hopefully) ...
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FAQ for Interpersonal Skills

Asking questions What is the Sandbox? How do I use it? How do I write a good question? Are there any suggested question structures? Answering questions How do I write a good answer? What are the ...
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Referring Askers to other SE sites?

Are there any rules on referring Askers to other SE sites where their question might be equally or more appropriate? I've done so in comments several times. Sometimes the comment stays, other times ...
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Are there any suggested question structures?

Is there a guideline I can follow for forming questions?
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What are the citation expectations of answers on IPS Stack Exchange?

As a Stack Exchange site, answers on Interpersonal Skills SE are expected to be cited and backed up, but what the expectations are exactly can be hard to find. So we've adapted an excellent post on ...
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Why are my comments being deleted before I can even read the answer to them?

Two of my comments were deleted today. Before you jump to the obvious conclusions, let me go through the checklist: They were not in any way conflicting with the CoC They were not answers or ...
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Should comments on this site be permanent and searchable?

A quick note: I'm aware of SE's position on this, which is that this isn't an issue since "nothing can truly be erased from the Internet". I'm holding off on posting a self-answer because I want to ...
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Request for 2018 moderation stats before and after HNQ removal

2018 stats on moderation of IPS were given in this post and depict the site's activity smoothed on the whole year - thank you Shog9 for providing us those statistics! After October 16th 2018, the day ...
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Who is allowed to delete comments?

Lots of questions and answers have comments which are outdated. I.e. a users asked to clarify a question or an answer and this was done already. I guess then that comment should be deleted. Who is ...
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Why was my comment deleted?

I made a comment on this question and it's been deleted from existence ... why? The words from this comment have now appeared in an answer to the question which has received a number of up-votes. ...
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Why was comment deleted?

I had a comment pointing out a problem with this answer, which has not been addressed in any way - yet it was deleted. I can't remember the exact phrasing but it essentially said the same thing as ...
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Why was my answer (8456) deleted?

I have an answer to a question that a few people agree with and a few disagreed with (normal). However, someone deleted the answer I believe overzealously. After rereading the answer, I agreed with ...
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Why was an answer I liked deleted?

Yesterday, I posted a question and got some good answers. One in particular really helped me get the wording on confronting the issue right, but I can't see it, nor can I accept it anymore because it ...
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Why was my answer deleted?

The following was my answer to this question - Is mentioning that a synagogue is located in a well off neighbourhood a racist remark? That was an honest and polite answer, had 5 upvotes and downvotes,...
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What caused this site to be excluded from Hot Network Questions?

Recently, the Stack Exchange team made the decision to exclude this site from the Hot Network questions on the right sidebar of questions across the network and on the stackexchange.com homepage. Why ...
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What are the things I can ask in IPS? [duplicate]

I’m asking this question because, I have plenty of questions, such as: How do I know if he did… It is possible to gain the skill to get whatever you want from others, no matter who he or she is? And ...
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Can I ask a question here without it being linked to my main network account? [duplicate]

I'm tempted to ask a question on here but TBH, I don't want it to seen from any of my other SE accounts, especially SO. I do send my SO account to potential employers, etc and TBH, I don't want them ...
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What button do I press to flag for undelete?

I recently had an answer deleted. I also got a comment, saying: (...) You can improve it by following the guidelines mentioned [here]. Feel free to flag it for review for undeletion once you've ...
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Can you add “how-to-deal with a situation”, “advice” and “suggestion”?

Can you please add these 3 tags? Because, I’d like to have permission to ask about “how to deal with....”
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Didn't Understand the reason behind Answer Delete

This Was my answer , Okay Everyone said and presented their views , I did that too ,Even my thing really worked for me as well as the problem was also faced by me so I just wrote what I did . Why ...
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What I can do to make my question a fit for this site?

I asked a question. My question was: how can I understand what people mean (when the meaning isn't literal). It was put on hold for being too broad. One idea I have to make my question not broad is ...
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Why is my account still not deleted?

I've lost the fun in this site since the "back-it-up" policy was adopted and has started to become arbitrarily enforced (or not enforced). I could just leave it alone, but I'm not very disciplined ...
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How is the community doing at deleting answers flagged as Not an Answer?

We've spent the last few weeks talking about what it takes to make an answer that meets the site's guidelines for quality and I think that these discussions are valuable and will help us decide where ...
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Deleting old questions versus GDPR

Trying to delete a question I asked some time ago, as I don't feel comfortable sharing its content anymore, I encountered this alert: You cannot delete this question as others have invested time ...
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Voting on meta-questions

I have a question about voting in meta on Questions I read several comments now stating something like: Note that on meta, votes are typically interpreted differently, since they do not come with a ...
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Why can't I add comments?

I answered this question. I also wanted to add a comment on another one, but I am unable to do so. Why? EDIT: The problem is I do not see the usual add comment link, I only see suggest improvements
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How do I delete my account and all questions/answers on IPS, but keep it on all other SE sites?

I want to delete my account and all my questions/answers/activity on IPS, but keep my account open on all other Stack Exchange sites. How do I do that?
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I do not understand some of the decisions made regarding content deletion that, in my view, appear arbitrary

Is there a way to report a moderator who appears to abuse his/her powers? How can a user make sure a moderator is not abusing his/her powers or understand why the aforementioned moderator is not doing ...
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Why was my comment deleted when it asked for clarification of a question?

In the question Politely refusing to validate veiled bigotry, I asked (after, admittedly, having a somewhat lengthy discussion in the comments with the OP, which the mods duely deleted, and which I ...
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How to tell whether comments have been deleted due to moderator action or user flagging

Recently on the question Politely refusing to validate veiled bigotry some of my comments suggesting that the question may be unanswerable and/or not asked in good faith, and should therefore be ...
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What search entry should I use to get a list of all answers ever posted on IPS, arranged by votes?

I am looking to use search to see whether many downvoted answers with negative score still remain undeleted, or not. What search entry should I use to get a list of all answers ever posted on IPS, ...
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How can I destroy the stupid Duck?

Recently I see all the time this stupid Duck with the bubble "Can I help?". It is really annoying. I tried to delete it. I right-clicked it, go to settings, it just doesn't go away. I am not sure ...
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There's a yellow duck on the bottom right of my IPS SE site, asking me to "speak up a little"

On the IPS main site, I just encountered a yellow duck on the bottom right, and it's asking me to "speak up a little". It even made a "quack" noise. What's going on? I haven't slept all night, and ...
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How to deal with abusive moderators?

There is a serious problem with this forum in the shape of abusive moderators who vandalize or delete contributions which do not match their ideological agenda. How can this community abridge or (...
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Why don't visitors tell you why they didn't like an answer or question?

I'm trying to figure this site out. So far, I understand that the negative number next to the questions is the number of times someone didn't like the question. Can someone tell me why this happens ...
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How do I build up reputation and get feedback on answers/posts?

When I joined this community I answered a question. someone commented on it. before I could respond it got deleted. What do you say to a woman who asks you to dance when you don’t want to? I dance ...
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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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Why does one upvote cancel five downvotes?

Not that I'm complaining, but if forty people think I posted garbage, and nine think the opposite, my rep increases. That seems a bit unbalanced to me.
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Can someone please point me to the "community guidelines"?

I'm just curious if anyone has a copy of the rules. Something in writing. @Tinkeringbell called them "community guidelines."
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With no reputation, can I somehow answer a blocked question because it attracted low-quality or spam answers?

I wanted to answer a question but it become blocked by community because it has attracted low-quality or spam answers. I do not have 10 reputation to answer it, since I am not that active on this site ...
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Why was my answer deleted last night?

Why was my answer to this question deleted? How do I effectively get people to look past my age when considering my abilities, if they know how old I am? My answer is below, for reference. I ...
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Comments on answer keep getting removed

I recently answered a question on the Interpersonal Skills site. I have an email digest for activity and keep getting alerts for comments on my answer, but when I check on the web version of the site ...
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Answer deleted, without notice, no chance to improve etc.?

EDIT: I edited my answer, could it please be undeleted? I posted an answer to the question How to convince my parents I’m happy with my social life? and it seems the answer was deleted. I received ...
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Why was another one of my answers deleted?

I answered the following answer to How can I ask an unfamiliar coworker to eat more quietly? Explaining to the asker that what he wants is not possible is perfectly fine on SE Is "Don't do ...
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Asking to reopen a question (the logistics thereof)

This issue came up when I was asking to reopen this question: How to support a friend with an 'insignificant' problem? At first I just poked the "reopen" button and dropped a comment on one ...
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Closure: 'How to intensify tone politely to someone who may be ignoring your reminder emails?'

How to chase tactfully someone who ignores your multiple reminder emails? was closed as 'too broad', but this user and I don't judge it as broad? I've since edited and added more details to it.