Questions tagged [discussion]
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How do we deal with "dangerous" questions?
I'm worried about some of the avalanche questions that have popped up today. There have been some good general answers, but I'm nervous that someone might read an answer, and somehow feel prepared to ...
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Congratulations, you're no longer in Beta!
This site started private beta before July 2012, so it is no longer "beta", it is a full site by our definition. We've removed the word "beta" from your site banner because we believe that you aren't ...
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How can we drive more questions to the site?
We are currently in the needs work section on Area 51. We were at a pretty healthy rate right away but this number is slowly dropping and needs to be improved if the site is to keep up its current ...
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Be Nice - A Reminder
We've had a couple of incidents recently where people have started being quite confrontational and generally unpleasant to other users. I don't want to call anyone out or mention any specifics but can ...
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Please consider upvoting the questions you answer
This is something I have noticed recently, where a question will have more answers than upvotes, and it seems a little unfair because if there were no questions, there would be nothing to answer.
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We need to get the question rate up
The question rate needs improving on this site.
thoughts, suggestions?
Moving in the right direction
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Can we increase the amount of voting/reviewing on the site?
I would really like to see the community vote more often around here.
Reasons for upvoting more.
It makes the site look good to have upvoted questions because that means people are involved. To see ...
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Are hunting questions on topic for the Great Outdoors?
Are questions related to the sport of hunting (and fishing) on topic for The Great Outdoors Stack Exchange?
If you visit the Area51 proposal, you'll see that Fishing and Hunting has been merged into ...
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Are "car camping" questions on topic here?
For example, this question about ice in a cooler. I am afraid that if we open the site to questions like that, soon we will have questions about RV's and campers and portable gazebos and whatnot.
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Tagging geographic areas
I asked a question about camping on beaches, and I am interested specifically in the US's east coast from Main to Maryland, more or less. I tagged the question with new-england and mid-atlantic rather ...
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How far to go with too localized?
There are a few questions which I feel may be too localized, but I'm not quite ready to use the close vote. A few examples.
Are there beaches on the East Coast (US) where one can camp without a ...
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Tag naming conventions
We should make an effort to keep tags fairly uniform in their construction. I'm thinking:
Actions with a proper -tion noun form should use that form (navigation, water-purification)
Actions ...
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Is the large picture necessary?
In this answer a user included a picture of the apparatus they recommended would help solve my problem.
The picture struck me as large, so I "tinified" it, appending a 't' to the imgur link. (Version ...
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PSA - Posted editing etiquette
When editing posts for grammar and spelling, try to keep edits light handed. A few simple rules I try to use:
If you are editing a post because it is incorrect (Starp -> Strap) then it's a good ...
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Is urban exploration on-topic?
Recently, two questions on urban exploration / urban geocaching were asked:
How to deal with aggressive homeless when exploring urbex?
Urbex question: How to protect myself from asbestos?
Are such ...
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On questions about equipment comparison / shopping recommendations
There have been some questions lately asking about particular features of particular pieces of equipment, or comparing specific features of two specific options. These questions seem to be drawing ...
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Would railbiking be on topic?
Would questions about railbiking be considered on topic on the main site?
Railbikes are normal bikes that are temporarily modified to be use on abandoned railway lines, many of which go great ...
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How close is this SE to going out of beta?
Just found this site and looks very interesting. I did a little searching around but couldn't find when it was started and when it might go out of beta.
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Is off-roading (4x4) on topic?
I can't remember this being covered elsewhere, and I know it's another "is it on topic" question - but would we cover questions about off-roading on topic, say on quad bikes or 4x4s? I'd argue that ...
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What are we saying is off topic by closing this question?
This question was recently closed as off topic:
How to get rid of illegal artificial paints on historical monuments?.
Fine I don't really have any issues with that. But, for clarity's sake and to ...
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What should we name our chat room?
A couple of us have stopped by our new chat room, and those of you who haven't should stop in and say "hi." Anyway, it needs a name. MSO has "Tavern on the Meta," SciFi is "Mos Eisley," what should we ...
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Does cooking game belong here under Hunting, or on the Cooking SE?
I am wondering if I should post questions about cooking game here, or put it under the cooking SE? For elk and venison, there are a few questions with answers there, but for duck and goose, it is ...
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Is it good to add attribution for answers copied from other sites?
Background: adding attribution to answers
To my mind, there are several good reasons to attribute sources for answers, especially when an answer is simply a direct quote from another site:
It makes ...
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Diversification of questions
This meta post comes from a discussion I had on Area 51 (that is sadly no longer available as the proposal it was attached to is now closed)
Specifically the issue:
I thought you didn't want ...
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Where is everybody?
It appears that a lot of users have abandoned this site?
I see lots of questions and answers from about a year ago but none of these people seems to be about any more (or at the least they're not ...
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Asking questions to populate the site?
I'd love to populate the site more. Should I ask a question I'm wondering about, even if (with some research) I could find out the answer myself? And/or should I in that case post a question and an ...
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Looking for another Pro Tem Moderator — Selection complete; welcome, Rory!
Update:
I am pleased to announced that 'Rory Alsop' has generously agreed to step up to fill the role of a provisional pro tem moderator!
Thank you Rory!
That's not a slight against anyone I was not ...
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Should questions about legality be allowed?
This was brought up in the comments on this question*. There was another question regarding the legality of camping that did not elicit such a response (though it was brought up in a question about ...
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What sorts of recommendation questions are on-topic?
I figure we should start talking now about the types of questions that we know will come up sooner or later. So let's start with recommendations.
There are two types of recommendation questions I ...
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The water and drinking-water tags
We have water and drinking-water. Many water questions are in fact about drinking-water, but certainly not all. Should anything be done about this? Some options I can see:
Retag any water ...
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Images: copyright and links
Since we're just starting here, we need to set the tone when it comes to using external images. I've seen two answers where an external image was embedded without any link to the source. (I've edited ...
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Having a monthly photo competition in Meta?
I just came to know about this Photo competition December 2018 on Travel.SE.
I find it pretty much fun :-)
I sort of informally asked if it okay to have such a thing at our meta site.
But, that not ...
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Flagging short questions
Who is flagging all the short questions of odddeer. They are short but imo not bad questions at all. And he seems to be mainly interested in arching and brings good value/traffic to the page.
If so, ...
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What exactly is the distinction between hiking, trekking and backpacking?
So we have these three tags which are all fairly popular and have lots of overlap. I feel like it is often happenstance whether one is chosen over the other for a question, or they are combined. Our ...
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We need more answers!
There are a lot of questions on this site that only have one answer attached to them. Although many questions may not neccessarily need more than one answer, I feel a lot of questions are left with ...
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Would a "what bit me" question be on topic?
Let's please begin with the understanding that I have already sought and received professional medical care.
I have in my travels encountered some critter, which had some venom. It seems this ...
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Equipment is now Gear
This is a simple fact of search frequency. A quick check on google trends shows that people do search for hiking gear, camping gear, etc. However equipment does not show up in these searches often, ...
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Please remember to answer the question
There appears to be a growing trend for someone to ask a question and for people to write related information to that question without explicitly answering the question
Remember TGO and all SE sites ...
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Photo Competition: March - Fauna
Rules that are always applicable are as follows:
One photo per answer, and no more than 5 answers per user per contest.
Post only photos taken by yourself/person with you.
All entries should include ...
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Photo Competition: January 2019 - From the top!
Rules that are always applicable are as follows:
One photo per answer, and no more than 5 answers per user per month.
Post only photos taken by yourself.
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Does outdoors include Sailing, Climbing, Kayaking and other pursuits?
Just wanted to check, as so far the majority of questions seem to be around walking/hiking. I hope wider pursuits are also welcome, and have questions in these areas, but wanted to check the community ...
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How do we handle health related topics?
This question about pain related to an old fracture made me think about what kind of health question should be on topic here on TGO. There were many well-received first-aid questions and questions ...
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The relevance of the current "moderation/community incident(s)" in SE to TGO
I just got such into heaps of written material over a mod being sacked by SE recently and towards the end stumbled over a post by @RoryAlsop (https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/334095/295537):
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Could we benefit from an "accessibility" tag?
I am bringing up this idea in light of Are there any Draisines-Railbike Companies that have wheelchair accessibility? as well as my question (Jury-rig a walker for outdoor activity that might involve ...
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2021 Community Moderator Election Results
Moderator election #1 on The Great Outdoors has come to a close, the votes have been tallied, and the new moderators are:
Since this was your "graduation" election, these are now your ...
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Should “nature management” be on-topic?
Should “nature management”¹ be on-topic on TGO?
By “nature management”, I mean questions related to management of publicly accessible recreational land. For example:
Why does National Trust Wales ...
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Are questions about tracking on-topic for this site?
The question that piqued my interest isn't directly related to tracking, because the animal in question has been extinct for a few dozen million years: What species of dinosaur made these 3 toed 6 ...
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Is down-voting based on tone appropriate?
I've noticed a few users writing answers with fairly patronizing and dismissive tones such as: "your fear ... is silly. You'd have to do something pretty stupid..." or suggesting that the premise of a ...
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"Where can I buy" vs. "Price shopping"
Referring to: Where can I buy bear banger launcher and ammunition and have them shipped to US?.
This question is not price shopping assistance. It is, at the core, a question of how to get ...
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Photo Competition June: Baby or Juvenile Animals in TGO
Rules that are always applicable are as follows:
One photo per answer, and no more than 5 answers per user per contest**
Post only photos taken by yourself/person with you
All entries should include ...
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