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The question you're asking is designed to solicit opinions or best-practices on a particular topic, with the goal of reaching community consensus.

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And we're public!

In case anyone missed it, we have now gone from our private beta to a public one. From the email: After just 8 days in private beta, we've already got 158 users who have asked 222 questions and w …
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Do we want hats this year?

As some of you may remember, SE has a bit of an event every winter, the Hat Dash. We had unanimous support last year, but I thought I'd ask again just in case anyone has any objections. Unless there's …
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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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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 ge …
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[cold-weather], [hot-weather], and [temperature]

hot-weather actually hasn't been created yet, but assume for the purposes of this discussion that it is / will be. …
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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 f …
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Tagging questions - cleaning, washing, sanitizing

I just retagged this question, changing "clean" to "washing." I think we should keep the distinction that clothes are washed, equipment is cleaned, and (preemptively) only things that need to be sani …
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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 with …
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Let's talk about sex

This came up in chat. Sooner or later, we're going to have a question about sex. As said in chat, this could legitimately cover "safe spots for it, legality in state parks, energy you waste on it and …
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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 cl …
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Should we opt in for the special Hat Dash promo?

Note 2: text stolen from SFF Note 3: My presentation of the yes/no voting options is in no way meant to discourage further discussion. …
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What should our FAQ contain?

This one is straight from the list. What should our FAQ contain? Obviously the general items about how to ask/answer, be nice, etc. We need to decide what we need that will be unique to our site. Thi …
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