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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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Historical Questions

Yes it is appropriate to ask historical questions related to the great outdoors. It adds value and creativity to the site.
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Should I ask if I don't expect an answer here?

Yes, you should. If you can, at a later point, answer your own question and document it the better.
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We need to get the question rate up

We should revisit our rules and add more lee way to encourage traditional forum users to join the discussion on TGO. …
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Merge the new-england tag and the us-new-england tag

Yes, a mod should merge the tags.
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Are naturism-related questions on topic?

As per Wikipedia, naturism is Naturism or nudism is a cultural and political movement practising, advocating and defending social nudity in private and in public. It may also refer to a lifestyle …
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Should we merge these questions?

No, they should not be merged as they are two different questions. One is about meat and toxins (inorganic) and the other is about water and pathogens (organic).
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Are questions related to building a 'Make-shift adventure gear' valid on this site?

Yes, and there's even a tag myog for it. Also see: Are Make Your Own Gear questions relevant to TGO SE?
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Naming vs nomenclature

naming should be a synonym of nomenclature.
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Changing water-purification to water-treatment

Yes, change the tag to water-treatment. Note: REI also use the term water treatment.
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What to do with questions with unsatisfactory answers?

Yes, keep it open. Don't worry about silly statistics like acceptance rate. They would have even less meaningful value if we start cheating them.
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Changing water-purification to water-treatment

No, keep the tag as water-purification.
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Questions relating to identifying geological landmarks

Yes, mountain identifying assistance is acceptable. For example, a user may wonder which mountain a park's promotional pamphlet is featuring. Other users may wonder exactly the same thing. Provided t …
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Define Camping Types

The different camping terms are difficult to define. For example, what is wild camping? A lot of those terms are redundant/overlapping and by their nature lack single, precise definitions. Meaning an …
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