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1,120	There seems to be a strong consensus that we need a new custom close reason to ban “I want to do X, Here's My Life Story…” questions. See the meta discussion [here](https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/1093/time-to-expressly-ban-i-want-to-do-x-heres-my-life-story-questions). User [Emrakul](https://academi...	[ { "answer_id": 1121, "author": "Community", "author_id": -1, "author_profile": "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/-1", "pm_score": 4, "selected": false, "text": "Based on multiple reactions we have had from closing questions, I would be careful and avoid saying \"the question...	2014/07/17	[ "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/1120", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/929/" ]
1,128	I have noticed that the moderator has deleted the tag I created `contribution`. The process was this: * She felt the tag is duplicate; * She posted [a question on Meta](https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/1126/usefulness-of-the-contribution-tag) to ask about the usefulness of the tag; * after less than ...	[ { "answer_id": 1121, "author": "Community", "author_id": -1, "author_profile": "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/-1", "pm_score": 4, "selected": false, "text": "Based on multiple reactions we have had from closing questions, I would be careful and avoid saying \"the question...	2014/07/22	[ "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/1128", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/15723/" ]
1,135	When one is asking a question related to social websites on Academia like the cases which are found by searching keywords like [Facebook](https://academia.stackexchange.com/search?q=facebook) with almost 85 results, [LinkedIn](https://academia.stackexchange.com/search?q=linkedin) with 53 results, etc. s/he has only [we...	[ { "answer_id": 1136, "author": "ff524", "author_id": 11365, "author_profile": "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/11365", "pm_score": -1, "selected": false, "text": "My preference would be to improve the tag wiki excerpt for [website](https://academia.stackexchange.com/questio...	2014/07/25	[ "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/1135", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/15723/" ]
1,140	I have used other [stack-exchange websites](http://stackexchange.com/sites) successfully (there are about 100 of them) to get answers to my questions. Here on Academia.SE the word rant is being used in a way that I have not seen on other websites and I would like some clarification. There are some guidelines in t...	[ { "answer_id": 1141, "author": "Community", "author_id": -1, "author_profile": "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/-1", "pm_score": 5, "selected": false, "text": "> \n> What is a “rant” as far as Academia.SE?\n> \n> \n> \n\nIt's a rhetorical question, where the OP has little i...	2014/07/30	[ "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/1140", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/-1/" ]
1,148	As of now, searching for questions containing the following words mainly used in the context of disreputable publishers yields the following number of results: * [fake](https://academia.stackexchange.com/search?q=fake+is%3Aquestion): 23 results * [predatory](https://academia.stackexchange.com/search?q=predatory+is%3Aq...	[ { "answer_id": 1149, "author": "aeismail", "author_id": 53, "author_profile": "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/53", "pm_score": -1, "selected": false, "text": "I might recommend [disreputable-actions](https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/disreputable-actions ...	2014/07/31	[ "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/1148", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/7734/" ]
1,160	There was an [answer (only viewable to 10k+ users)](https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/26842/how-to-deal-with-a-student-who-harasses-the-inexperienced-teacher-during-class/26887#26887) that uses both expletives and suggests a pretty extreme form of student teacher interaction. This answer has been flagged a n...	[ { "answer_id": 1161, "author": "aeismail", "author_id": 53, "author_profile": "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/53", "pm_score": 2, "selected": false, "text": "Answers that merely run against general sensibilities should not be flagged as abusive or offensive. The correct wa...	2014/08/07	[ "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/1160", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/929/" ]
1,172	Does anyone know the font name? ![enter image description here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/7YyO9.png) Reference link: [Why aren't all research articles on PubMed?](https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/9044/why-arent-all-research-articles-on-pubmed)	[ { "answer_id": 1173, "author": "Community", "author_id": -1, "author_profile": "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/-1", "pm_score": 1, "selected": false, "text": "This is the `font-family` defined in the main stylesheet on the Academic Stack Exchange website:\n\n```\nfont-fami...	2014/08/13	[ "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/1172", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/-1/" ]
1,178	Given that we get a lot of "shopping questions" that we have decided are off-topic, should we create a custom off-topic close reason along those lines? For instance, we could have a reason such as: > > Shopping questions asking for recommendations for specific programs and universities are considered off-topic o...	[ { "answer_id": 1179, "author": "Community", "author_id": -1, "author_profile": "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/-1", "pm_score": 1, "selected": false, "text": "In general, I'm happy to close with *\"This question appears to be off-topic because it seems to seek specific adv...	2014/08/20	[ "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/1178", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/53/" ]
1,192	By definition, almost all questions here ask about advice. [Some questions are tagged "advice"](https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/advice), some aren't. I suggest that the "advice" tag is not useful and should be deleted. One alternative would be to explicitly define the "advice" tag as > > This is...	[ { "answer_id": 1193, "author": "eykanal", "author_id": 73, "author_profile": "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/73", "pm_score": 2, "selected": false, "text": "This is a perfect example of a [meta-tag](https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/93669/please-kill-some-meta-tags)...	2014/08/26	[ "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/1192", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/4140/" ]
1,195	[Do mathematics researchers regularly solve problems like the ones from Project Euler?](https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/27659/do-mathematics-researchers-regularly-solve-problems-like-this) asks a very objective answer: is it possible to be a professional researcher working on topics similar to contest math...	[ { "answer_id": 1196, "author": "aeismail", "author_id": 53, "author_profile": "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/53", "pm_score": 3, "selected": false, "text": "I think this is something that hasn't been a big problem so far. For now, I'm content to let users flag answers the...	2014/08/27	[ "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/1195", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/-1/" ]
1,201	I would like to clarify under what conditions questions should be tagged with certain very general tags, such as [professors](https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/professors "show questions tagged 'professors'"), [students](https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/students "show questions tagg...	[ { "answer_id": 1202, "author": "xLeitix", "author_id": 10094, "author_profile": "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/10094", "pm_score": 3, "selected": false, "text": "I think the problem is more general than just those specific tags.\n\nI would be extremely interested in usage...	2014/08/31	[ "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/1201", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/11365/" ]
1,203	Welcome to Academia.SE, the free, community-driven Questions and Answers site for academics of all levels - from aspiring graduate and professional students to senior researchers - as well as anyone in or interested in research-related or research-adjacent fields We hope you find Academia.SE enjoyable, interesting, an...	[ { "answer_id": 1204, "author": "ff524", "author_id": 11365, "author_profile": "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/11365", "pm_score": 5, "selected": false, "text": "### Write one question per post\n\nIf you have several questions about a problem or situation, but the questio...	2014/09/02	[ "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/1203", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/11365/" ]
1,214	[This answer](https://academia.stackexchange.com/a/28101/81) to [How is it in my best interest not to submit a paper to two journals simultaneously?](https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/28086/how-is-it-in-my-best-interest-not-to-submit-a-paper-to-two-journals-simultaneous) was deleted by a moderator: > > > ...	[ { "answer_id": 1216, "author": "StrongBad", "author_id": 929, "author_profile": "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/929", "pm_score": 3, "selected": false, "text": "I was not the moderator who deleted the answer, but had I gotten to it first, I would have. I do not think it an...	2014/09/07	[ "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/1214", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/81/" ]
1,221	I was reviewing the tags list and came to the following ones with excerpts as: [political-science](https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/political-science "show questions tagged 'political-science'") with 4 questions > > On standards or conventions specific to political science as an academic >discipl...	[ { "answer_id": 1216, "author": "StrongBad", "author_id": 929, "author_profile": "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/929", "pm_score": 3, "selected": false, "text": "I was not the moderator who deleted the answer, but had I gotten to it first, I would have. I do not think it an...	2014/09/08	[ "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/1221", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/15723/" ]
1,226	Should questions that are closed for being off-topic be edited for formatting, grammar, retagging, or other issues that don't resolve the reason the question was closed? Is this a valid reason for rejecting suggested edits? The argument against these edits is that they have several negative consequences: * In many c...	[ { "answer_id": 1227, "author": "aeismail", "author_id": 53, "author_profile": "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/53", "pm_score": 0, "selected": false, "text": "I would restrict editing to the titles of closed questions, since this is the information that is most readily vi...	2014/09/08	[ "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/1226", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/11365/" ]
1,233	Based on the positive response to the [shopping closure tag question](https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/1178/should-we-create-a-shopping-question-closure-tag) I recently asked, I think the best way to handle this would be to edit the "cannot be generalized" tag to incorporate this specifically. I would...	[ { "answer_id": 1234, "author": "ff524", "author_id": 11365, "author_profile": "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/11365", "pm_score": 2, "selected": false, "text": "I don't think \"shopping\" is generally a subtype of \"Questions that cannot be generalized to apply to others i...	2014/09/11	[ "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/1233", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/53/" ]
1,235	Suppose we have the following three questions: * Question 1: [Can I include the completion of Udacity and Coursera classes I have attended in an academic CV?](https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/2336/can-i-include-the-completion-of-udacity-and-coursera-classes-i-have-attended-in) * Question 2: [Is an X-Series...	[ { "answer_id": 1237, "author": "xLeitix", "author_id": 10094, "author_profile": "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/10094", "pm_score": 1, "selected": false, "text": "My pragmatic proposal would be to just leave it open. While it may be a duplicate of Question 2, Question 2 is...	2014/09/12	[ "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/1235", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/11365/" ]
1,239	Choosing good tags for questions is a little hard for me. Despite reading the [What are tags, and how should I use them?](https://academia.stackexchange.com/help/tagging) entry in the help center; choosing best tags is a little vague for me. Could please give me clear clues on how to choose correct tags in an easier w...	[ { "answer_id": 1240, "author": "aeismail", "author_id": 53, "author_profile": "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/53", "pm_score": 2, "selected": false, "text": "If you click on a tag, you get a list of questions using that tag. Before applying the tag, ask yourself the follow...	2014/09/12	[ "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/1239", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/15723/" ]
1,246	There has been general agreement [here on meta](https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/a/1202/11365) that our tags are not in great shape, to say the least. Big tags like [phd](https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/phd "show questions tagged 'phd'") and [graduate-school](https://academia.stackexchange.c...	[ { "answer_id": 1260, "author": "enthu", "author_id": 15723, "author_profile": "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/15723", "pm_score": 0, "selected": false, "text": "After a good discussion went on between some users of the site about the need of having [some strategies](http:/...	2014/09/16	[ "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/1246", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/11365/" ]
1,252	I am raising this question in response to a comment thread on [this post](https://academia.stackexchange.com/a/24048/11365). I'm not asking about that particular post, but about the practice in general. The question is about editing posts that mention widely known sites by name, to make them "clickable" links. For exa...	[ { "answer_id": 1253, "author": "ff524", "author_id": 11365, "author_profile": "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/11365", "pm_score": 3, "selected": false, "text": "To summarize David Richerby's comments:\n\n> \n> Everybody knows where to find those sites so the links aren't u...	2014/09/16	[ "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/1252", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/11365/" ]
1,263	We currently have a [teaching](https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/teaching "show questions tagged 'teaching'") tag used on 265 questions, with the following wiki excerpt: > > This tag is related to the role and duties of a teacher, an academic instructor, tutor or a teaching assistant. > > > and ...	[ { "answer_id": 1264, "author": "ff524", "author_id": 11365, "author_profile": "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/11365", "pm_score": 3, "selected": false, "text": "I don't think that the [pedagogy](https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/pedagogy \"show questions ...	2014/09/19	[ "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/1263", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/11365/" ]
1,268	By reading the [tag excerpt](https://academia.stackexchange.com/tags/reputation/info) about [reputation](https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/reputation "show questions tagged 'reputation'"); > > The perception of the quality of a journal, conference, or university > by a specific community or the gen...	[ { "answer_id": 1274, "author": "ff524", "author_id": 11365, "author_profile": "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/11365", "pm_score": 2, "selected": false, "text": "I don't think that list (\"journal, conference, or university\") was ever meant to be exclusive. \n\nIn any even...	2014/09/21	[ "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/1268", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/15723/" ]
1,270	I can not understand what is wrong with bumping older questions to the top active list of questions by editing them. If somebody wants to reach the newest questions asked on Academia, he can move to the [Newest Questions](https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions?sort=newest) page and read all the newest ones. I t...	[ { "answer_id": 1272, "author": "ff524", "author_id": 11365, "author_profile": "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/11365", "pm_score": 3, "selected": false, "text": "Here are [all the reasons](https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/48578/what-can-cause-my-question-to-be-bumpe...	2014/09/21	[ "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/1270", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/15723/" ]
1,277	I recently posted [this question](https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/29122/i-want-to-study-computational-linguistics-and-nlp-which-program-to-enter), which was closed as off-topic for being too specific to my situation. I admit I'm a little bit confused, since it didn't seem particularly more situation-specif...	[ { "answer_id": 1279, "author": "ff524", "author_id": 11365, "author_profile": "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/11365", "pm_score": 3, "selected": true, "text": "I'm not sure whether a question that asks \n\n> \n> What background do I need to do research in specific field X?...	2014/09/29	[ "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/1277", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/12904/" ]
1,282	I was wondering what is the responsibility of the site with regard to content posted by users that could potentially be defaming? This question was prompted by <https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/29282/are-conferences-organized-by-iact-like-icke-fake> I have no idea about that conference, but there is a basic...	[ { "answer_id": 1283, "author": "Mad Scientist", "author_id": 201, "author_profile": "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/201", "pm_score": 3, "selected": false, "text": "Legal issues are handled by Stack Exchange, neither the community nor the moderators are typically qualified...	2014/10/01	[ "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/1282", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/-1/" ]
1,286	Academia inspires a whole range of emotions in people. We get a lot of questions here of the form "How to deal with feeling X?", or "Is it common for people in my situation to feel X?", where X is: * Lack of motivation: [How to stay motivated in a low-motivated group?](https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/...	[ { "answer_id": 1287, "author": "aeismail", "author_id": 53, "author_profile": "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/53", "pm_score": 3, "selected": true, "text": "The best possible alternative I can think of is [emotional-responses](https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/t...	2014/10/02	[ "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/1286", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/11365/" ]
1,290	I am not sure if this question is appropriate for the main site or not. A while back I asked about the [Value of light-to-none peer reviewed pay-to-publish articles](https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/7908/value-of-light-to-none-peer-reviewed-pay-to-publish-articles) when evaluating a potential PhD student. T...	[ { "answer_id": 1291, "author": "ff524", "author_id": 11365, "author_profile": "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/11365", "pm_score": 2, "selected": false, "text": "I don't think it's necessarily a contradiction.\n\nPresumably, listing an article you published in a predatory j...	2014/10/07	[ "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/1290", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/929/" ]
1,297	In this question: [My paper was withdrawn from predatory journal after publication, what should I do?](https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/29991/my-paper-was-withdrawn-from-predatory-journal-after-publication-what-should-i-d) the OP is considering naming the publisher and a high rep user has recommended them t...	[ { "answer_id": 1298, "author": "ff524", "author_id": 11365, "author_profile": "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/11365", "pm_score": 4, "selected": false, "text": "I agree that there is no benefit to naming names, and it can be detrimental to do so.\n\nBesides, if a question ...	2014/10/15	[ "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/1297", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/929/" ]
1,302	I am on a school board for a small private elementary school, and we're having some trouble between one of our teachers and the administrator which I won't go into on meta, but would like to ask about. Would academia be an appropriate forum (doesn't seem right, but I don't know where else to ask) to ask about interacti...	[ { "answer_id": 1303, "author": "aeismail", "author_id": 53, "author_profile": "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/53", "pm_score": 2, "selected": false, "text": "I was going to say initially that this question was off-topic, but I'm actually not so sure. It really does depend ...	2014/10/21	[ "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/1302", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/-1/" ]
1,309	I would like to use the main site's background color on my personal website. #FFF, #000 and #EFF appear to be in the home page's source code. Thanks to [color-hex](http://www.color-hex.com/), I found those colors to be black, white and light blue respectively. I don't know anything about code except how to search thro...	[ { "answer_id": 1310, "author": "eykanal", "author_id": 73, "author_profile": "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/73", "pm_score": 0, "selected": false, "text": "Using the Digital Color Meter utility, the RGB values are as `(25,246,240)` (see image below), which translates into...	2014/10/24	[ "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/1309", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/20420/" ]
1,312	When flagging comments it is possible to flag comments as either "not constructive" or "obsolete" among other things. If you delete a comment or make an edit that makes another comment obsolete and no longer constructive, I think it is easiest for the moderators if the comment is flagged as obsolete instead of not cons...	[ { "answer_id": 1310, "author": "eykanal", "author_id": 73, "author_profile": "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/73", "pm_score": 0, "selected": false, "text": "Using the Digital Color Meter utility, the RGB values are as `(25,246,240)` (see image below), which translates into...	2014/10/25	[ "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/1312", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/929/" ]
1,314	Whenever we get a question asked by a student about exams, studying, cheating, disputing grades, or other aspects of university-level coursework, I see flags and comments along the lines of: * The course references suggest "undergraduate." Is this question on topic here? * Voting to close as off-topic, since this is a...	[ { "answer_id": 1317, "author": "jakebeal", "author_id": 22733, "author_profile": "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/22733", "pm_score": 3, "selected": false, "text": "It's certain that dealing with misconduct by undergraduates is very much a part of the academia experience, f...	2014/10/26	[ "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/1314", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/11365/" ]
1,327	I know that extended comment discussions are discouraged and by SE rules they should be continued in chat. A prime example of this situation was the recent [I was caught cheating on an exam, how can I minimize the damage?](https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/30539/i-was-caught-cheating-on-an-exam-how-can-i-min...	[ { "answer_id": 1328, "author": "StrongBad", "author_id": 929, "author_profile": "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/929", "pm_score": 3, "selected": false, "text": "Couple of things. I don't believe I deleted any comments. I simply moved them to a chat room. I left a few comme...	2014/10/31	[ "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/1327", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/10042/" ]
1,329	I want to ask a question about a standard syllabus for a research methods and technical writing course; but I am not sure whether it is on-topic for this site or not. I seek advices on how the course should be arranged and what topics should be covered in it.	[ { "answer_id": 1336, "author": "ff524", "author_id": 11365, "author_profile": "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/11365", "pm_score": 2, "selected": true, "text": "It's hard to say definitively without seeing the specific question.\n\nMy intuition would be that just as a quest...	2014/11/01	[ "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/1329", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/15723/" ]
1,332	I see questions from time to time about citation styles. For example, * [Should the fullstop go inside or outside the brackets for Harvard in-line citations?](https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/31024/should-the-fullstop-go-inside-or-outside-the-brackets-for-harvard-in-line-citati) * [How should 'van'-names b...	[ { "answer_id": 1335, "author": "eykanal", "author_id": 73, "author_profile": "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/73", "pm_score": -1, "selected": false, "text": "These are indeed almost always off-topic, as they're simply reference questions; the questioner can (and should) lo...	2014/11/02	[ "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/1332", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/16122/" ]
1,340	We seem to have a very inconsistent policy with respect to questions on legal issues related to academia. I am not referring to questions asking for legal advice for a particular situation (these would certainly be off topic as "too localized" or "seeks advice for a very specific situation, so that only someone close ...	[ { "answer_id": 1341, "author": "ff524", "author_id": 11365, "author_profile": "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/11365", "pm_score": 4, "selected": false, "text": "Certainly, random Internet users should not be considered authoritative on legal matters. People needing legal a...	2014/11/03	[ "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/1340", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/11365/" ]
1,346	[This question](https://academia.stackexchange.com/q/31065/12378) is now protected due to supposed "low-quality answers", and the banner says that I cannot answer it until I have "10 rep on this site". I have 101 rep, 1 of which came from joining and 100 of which is association bonus. Surely this bonus ought to count?...	[ { "answer_id": 1347, "author": "Mad Scientist", "author_id": 201, "author_profile": "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/201", "pm_score": 4, "selected": false, "text": "This is intentional, [the association bonus is ignored for the check](https://meta.stackexchange.com/questio...	2014/11/04	[ "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/1346", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/12378/" ]
1,351	The question [Free, open-source substitutes for Mendeley?](https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/5352/free-open-source-substitutes-for-mendeley/8476#8476) attracted several answers, included one by the OP <https://academia.stackexchange.com/a/8476/102>, which combines both a commercial solution (for hosting) and...	[ { "answer_id": 1352, "author": "jakebeal", "author_id": 22733, "author_profile": "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/22733", "pm_score": -1, "selected": false, "text": "I find anything mentioning a commercial solution extremely dubious, especially if it is one that I have not ...	2014/11/05	[ "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/1351", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/-1/" ]
1,357	I know we've had a few questions in the past similar in concept, but [this question](https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/31265/my-professor-is-rigging-data-and-plagiarizing-what-can-i-do) indicates one of the potential issues with open naming. Other Stack Exchanges like Stack Overflow, where legal issues and...	[ { "answer_id": 1358, "author": "eykanal", "author_id": 73, "author_profile": "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/73", "pm_score": 3, "selected": false, "text": "I'm not sure how this would be accomplished. Having a warning present every single time a user posts a question le...	2014/11/06	[ "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/1357", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/22013/" ]
1,360	It seems SE users that are not particularly involved in AC.SE are often confused that while questions pertaining to undergraduate students, classes and degrees are relevant to academia, we generally consider them off topic at AC.SE. I was hoping that we could develop a nice summary statement that explains why our [help...	[ { "answer_id": 1361, "author": "aeismail", "author_id": 53, "author_profile": "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/53", "pm_score": 1, "selected": false, "text": "My impression nowadays is that we don't really need the undergraduate closing reason as such. Most questions that a...	2014/11/11	[ "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/1360", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/929/" ]