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Are the people asking questions citing engine analysis without giving a diagram the same person?
Thanks for bringing this to our attention! You're right, you don't really need moderator-only information to see that this is the same person. Stack Exchange has a rather strict quality system which ...
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Should this question be closed?
In the current form, the question asks simply:
interesting reading or even recommendation what could be potentially interesting chess/cs/math topic to make a research on.
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Are questions involving opinions allowed?
Questions about opinions are allowed under some circumstances, highlighted in the Help Center article What types of questions should I avoid asking?. First, what kind of questions are not allowed:
If ...
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What should we do about the guess the password chess puzzles?
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Brian TowersMod
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Should this question be closed?
Yes, I fully agree that we should close this question.
No matter if a user has a master's thesis, starts a new initiative, contributes to chess in meaningful ways, or is just a new user.
They should ...
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Questions Tagged Puzzles - Bounty Immediately
This is not possible, and I doubt the company would enable it. It's simply not what bounties are meant for:
When should I place a bounty?
In order to get good answers, you have to put effort into the ...
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How big of a problem is it that upvotes are received not by the quality of the answer but by the popularity of the question?
Yes, this is one of the problems with Hot Network Questions. There has been a lot of input from the community throughout the years, e.g. the answers to
Revisiting the "Hot Network Questions" ...
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What should we do about the guess the password chess puzzles?
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