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1,792	Are questions about journal statistics on topic here? e.g. * what is the impact factor of journal x? (probably shouldn't need to ask it here as this info is widely available) * what is the average review time for journal x? * what are the average times from submission to acceptance/publication for journal x? *...	[ { "answer_id": 1793, "author": "aeismail", "author_id": 53, "author_profile": "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/53", "pm_score": 2, "selected": false, "text": "The questions you have listed are indeed not shopping questions. However, they are still not appropriate for the si...	2015/06/17	[ "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/1792", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/7619/" ]
1,798	A [recent question](https://academia.stackexchange.com/q/47519/22733) is wondering whether there exists any good forum for getting peer feedback on academic job application material. It was closed as a "shopping question," which I really do not understand. I think that shopping questions are essentially of the form: ...	[ { "answer_id": 1799, "author": "StrongBad", "author_id": 929, "author_profile": "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/929", "pm_score": 3, "selected": false, "text": "I had the same thought when I saw it closed. The problem with this type of question is that I think its quality ...	2015/06/22	[ "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/1798", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/22733/" ]
1,808	I am still unsure why this question: [List of 2013 US National Merit Scholars](https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/46914/list-of-2013-national-merit-scholars/46915#46915) was closed. Here's the close reason used. > > "Shopping" questions, which seek recommendations or lists of individual universities, aca...	[ { "answer_id": 1809, "author": "410 gone", "author_id": 96, "author_profile": "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/96", "pm_score": -1, "selected": false, "text": "You're right. It should not have been closed as a shopping question. It should have been closed for being unclear....	2015/06/26	[ "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/1808", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/22013/" ]
1,812	I'm Max (Hiii Max), and I've not used the chat for a long time. Well, maybe it's just me, but I have to admit that I find the SE chat pretty annoying from the point of view of the user experience (if it's just me, apologies to whoever designed the chat), and I find it hard to follow the threads or even the simplest an...	[ { "answer_id": 1813, "author": "eykanal", "author_id": 73, "author_profile": "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/73", "pm_score": 2, "selected": false, "text": "Feasible? Sure. Useful? Doubtful.\n\nMost discussion surrounding post moderation, including large-scale edits, takes...	2015/06/29	[ "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/1812", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/20058/" ]
1,819	I have noticed a tendency on this site for people to post answers as comments. I don't know why this is, but it happens often, and then the comment gets many "up-votes" as an "answer." My approach to this has been to ask people to convert their comment into an answer, then once this is done vote it up and flag the ori...	[ { "answer_id": 1820, "author": "aeismail", "author_id": 53, "author_profile": "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/53", "pm_score": 3, "selected": false, "text": "The reason is that one-sentence answers are frowned upon as independent answers on Stack Exchange sites. Therefore ...	2015/07/02	[ "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/1819", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/22733/" ]
1,826	Somewhat over a month ago I flagged a posted by Dr. Jake Beale and explained that he had been stalking and harrassing me and had posted an irrational and dishonest ad hominem attack against me in extraordinarily rude language in comments under a question. The user called "StrongBad" later wrote this about that flag: ...	[ { "answer_id": 1827, "author": "ff524", "author_id": 11365, "author_profile": "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/11365", "pm_score": 3, "selected": false, "text": "Regarding\n\n> \n> \"I am sure they [StackExchange community team] will get to the issue\". I haven't heard from...	2015/07/08	[ "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/1826", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/7229/" ]
1,834	Compared to other Stack Exchange website, we do not have many questions under the [FAQ tag](https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/faq) (only 3 posts, compared to 17 FAQ posts on [TeX.SX](https://tex.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/faq) or [Mathematics.SX](https://math.meta.stackexchange.com/q...	[ { "answer_id": 1853, "author": "Pops", "author_id": 8375, "author_profile": "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/8375", "pm_score": 2, "selected": false, "text": "Well... what Questions actually get Asked here Frequently?\n\nI think your heart is in the right place here, but yo...	2015/07/09	[ "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/1834", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/15723/" ]
1,835	This is just a general question. How can I avoid an academic question (that I’ve posted in this forum) form turning up on google and similar search engines? I would think that if I code the text then it would be impossible to get it from a google (or similar search engine search)? Thanks for answering.	[ { "answer_id": 1836, "author": "MJeffryes", "author_id": 31487, "author_profile": "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/31487", "pm_score": 3, "selected": false, "text": "You can't, other than by deleting or editing the question. If you edit, the text will still be publicly avai...	2015/07/09	[ "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/1835", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/-1/" ]
1,840	In some questions on Academia, it happens that some questions should be closed for more than one reason. For instance, a questions is about undergraduates, and at the same time it should be closed because of it's content for asking a shopping question. Which one do you choose, being off-topic because it is about underg...	[ { "answer_id": 1842, "author": "jakebeal", "author_id": 22733, "author_profile": "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/22733", "pm_score": 4, "selected": false, "text": "I don't know about others, but the way in which I have approached this question is to think about which issue...	2015/07/11	[ "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/1840", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/15723/" ]
1,841	It happens when I open the review page of the website, there is a question which is in both lists of First Posts and Close Posts. The problem here is that, if somebody first opens the First Posts review page, and he raise a vote to close to that specific question; when he continues his review to the Close Posts...	[ { "answer_id": 1843, "author": "jakebeal", "author_id": 22733, "author_profile": "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/22733", "pm_score": 2, "selected": false, "text": "I think it's OK to vote to close a question when you review it in \"First Posts.\" So far as I can tell, it t...	2015/07/11	[ "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/1841", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/15723/" ]
1,854	I was hoping we could start a [gradcafe](http://thegradcafe.com/survey/index.php?q=computer%20science%20&t=a&o=) style post for STEM Graduate Applications including: School (or Description): GRE: Q/V/W GPA: Major GPA: Accepted/Denied: Extracurriculars/Research:	[ { "answer_id": 1855, "author": "aeismail", "author_id": 53, "author_profile": "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/53", "pm_score": 3, "selected": false, "text": "I disagree with this, because you'd need separate posts for each discipline, and the answers won't \"curate\" well—...	2015/07/21	[ "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/1854", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/34965/" ]
1,860	I have observed the following on several occasions: * New user posts a very broad, subjective, and/or open-ended question (and not the "good subjective" type, either). * When the question is closed, the user says something like, "But they told me on X.SE that X.SE is only for questions about X, that Academia.SE is for...	[ { "answer_id": 1861, "author": "jakebeal", "author_id": 22733, "author_profile": "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/22733", "pm_score": 1, "selected": false, "text": "I get the sense that a lot of the problem comes from people having never read the \"What can I ask?\" page in...	2015/07/29	[ "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/1860", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/11365/" ]
1,862	I already know, that META Academia is not the perfect place to start, but my original question which I did not post yet is related to academia - to the specific research I need to make. The Academia is about the process of making the research, not the research content itself. I would consider this question thus to be...	[ { "answer_id": 1863, "author": "Nobody", "author_id": 546, "author_profile": "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/546", "pm_score": 2, "selected": true, "text": "I just looked around for you. I found a question\n\n[Where can I find free spatio-temporal dataset for download?](ht...	2015/07/29	[ "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/1862", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/37798/" ]
1,867	[A link get to a 404 error page.](https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/25721/is-there-a-reason-to-prefer-one-country-over-another-for-phd-study/25733#25733) ![](https://i.stack.imgur.com/mfzD2.png) A sinuous wave coming from the pedal. The bicycle is lacking its first wheel, its last wheel has something in it...	[ { "answer_id": 1868, "author": "jakebeal", "author_id": 22733, "author_profile": "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/22733", "pm_score": 5, "selected": true, "text": "I think it is a broken-down bicycle. In my interpretation, it was locked up to the bike rack (grey wave) by th...	2015/08/02	[ "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/1867", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/14341/" ]
1,869	I have recently asked this question [Knowing that most students submit assignments right around the deadline, is it advisable not to set deadline that is very late at night?](https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/50035/knowing-that-most-students-submit-assignments-right-around-the-deadline-is-it-a) on Academia. ...	[ { "answer_id": 1868, "author": "jakebeal", "author_id": 22733, "author_profile": "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/22733", "pm_score": 5, "selected": true, "text": "I think it is a broken-down bicycle. In my interpretation, it was locked up to the bike rack (grey wave) by th...	2015/08/06	[ "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/1869", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/34766/" ]
1,873	[Academic systems and cultures vary widely between countries](https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/a/1212/7734), and answers will depend heavily on this context. I have come across many questions, where the country has not been stated – presumably because it had not occurred to the poster that this information was ...	[ { "answer_id": 1876, "author": "Wrzlprmft", "author_id": 7734, "author_profile": "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/7734", "pm_score": 3, "selected": false, "text": "What we (or actually Stack Exchange employees) could do is to add a tag alert for tags that are prone to b...	2015/08/08	[ "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/1873", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/34972/" ]
1,877	When you try to edit the tags when asking a question (or edit the tags of a question when having less than 2 k), a box how to tag appears on the right, showing some general help on tagging. The content of this box is site-specific, for example it is individualised on [Anime & Manga](https://anime.meta.stackexchange.c...	[ { "answer_id": 1878, "author": "Wrzlprmft", "author_id": 7734, "author_profile": "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/7734", "pm_score": 2, "selected": false, "text": "I propose the following wording:\n\n> \n> Use tags that describe what your question is about, not what it mere...	2015/08/09	[ "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/1877", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/7734/" ]
1,882	Academia says For academics and those who enrolled in higher education. I just wanted to know that if I can ask a question related to How and Why to pursue a course (country specific) ?	[ { "answer_id": 1883, "author": "jakebeal", "author_id": 22733, "author_profile": "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/22733", "pm_score": 2, "selected": false, "text": "Unfortunately \"how\" and \"why\" questions about a particular course are likely to be [off-topic](https://ac...	2015/08/13	[ "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/1882", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/38447/" ]
1,886	Introduction ------------ In another discussion, a Stack Exchange employee [indicated](https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/1873/how-can-we-encourage-posters-to-mention-their-country-of-study-work?cb=1#comment7785_1876) that we might get so-called tag warnings, if we want them. These warnings are meant t...	[ { "answer_id": 1887, "author": "Wrzlprmft", "author_id": 7734, "author_profile": "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/7734", "pm_score": 4, "selected": false, "text": "[graduate-admissions](https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/graduate-admissions \"show questions...	2015/08/16	[ "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/1886", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/7734/" ]
1,888	I believe this question about wanting to have a undergrad humanities course requirement exemption to be off-topic as it is primarily about undergraduate life. * [Is it reasonable to request an exemption from certain degree requirements?](https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/51529/is-it-reasonable-to-request-an...	[ { "answer_id": 1889, "author": "jakebeal", "author_id": 22733, "author_profile": "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/22733", "pm_score": 4, "selected": false, "text": "I strongly agree with your conclusion, though hadn't been able to phrase it so well. Undergraduate breadth re...	2015/08/16	[ "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/1888", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/14885/" ]
1,890	Moderator aeismail cast one of two reopen votes for the following question: [Is it reasonable to request an exemption from certain degree requirements?](https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/51529/is-it-reasonable-to-request-an-exemption-from-certain-degree-requirements) In my view, this question has several p...	[ { "answer_id": 1891, "author": "aeismail", "author_id": 53, "author_profile": "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/53", "pm_score": 4, "selected": true, "text": "I reviewed the question based on it being flagged for moderator attention.\n\nThe main reason citing it being closed...	2015/08/16	[ "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/1890", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/11192/" ]
1,896	It is interesting to learn what is the viewpoint of Academia.SE community on the following situation. There is an [Area 51 proposal for OpenScience](http://area51.stackexchange.com/proposals/65426/open-science) which recently went into the private beta. As we have learned today, [it will be closed this Friday](http:/...	[ { "answer_id": 1897, "author": "eykanal", "author_id": 73, "author_profile": "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/73", "pm_score": 5, "selected": true, "text": "Looking at the [proposal questions for OpenScience](http://area51.stackexchange.com/proposals/65426?phase=definition)...	2015/08/18	[ "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/1896", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/18124/" ]
1,916	Hope that my question fits to this site (as it is the first time that I ask a question here.) I feel guilty when I don't say thanks to a very good comment or answer given by users on academia.stackexchange. I know very well that some questions are protected for saying thanks, me too ! etc. But does it really matter if...	[ { "answer_id": 1917, "author": "aeismail", "author_id": 53, "author_profile": "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/53", "pm_score": 4, "selected": false, "text": "I think the general SE policy is against trivial \"thanks\" and \"me, too!\"-type comments. If you want to add info...	2015/08/26	[ "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/1916", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/24694/" ]
1,926	I was drafting a question entitled, "How to make a group or department women-friendly?" when I noticed that the wonderful "Questions that may already have your answer" feature was pointing me helpfully to a related existing question: [What is being done to make the academic environment more women friendly?](https://aca...	[ { "answer_id": 1928, "author": "StrongBad", "author_id": 929, "author_profile": "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/929", "pm_score": 2, "selected": false, "text": "I would only ask a new question, if it is new. If you ask a duplicate question, it will get closed. The original...	2015/09/09	[ "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/1926", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/32436/" ]
1,931	From time to time my comments get deleted (sometimes right after being posted). For me it is very frustrating - I feel chaotic in an environment in which my things change without a notice. I refresh things a few times, double check if I posted a comment on the right post, question my sanity for a short time... and then...	[ { "answer_id": 1932, "author": "ff524", "author_id": 11365, "author_profile": "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/11365", "pm_score": 5, "selected": true, "text": "> \n> And for the last 2-3: could you write them (I don't have access to them) and present some rationale?\n> \n>...	2015/09/10	[ "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/1931", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/49/" ]
1,933	> > For the reasons above, I have locked this question. If anyone wishes to dispute the lock please feel free to discuss on Academia Meta. – eykanal♦ > > > In reference to [this thread](https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/2113/how-can-we-make-the-academic-environment-more-women-friendly/54163#54163). A c...	[ { "answer_id": 1934, "author": "ff524", "author_id": 11365, "author_profile": "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/11365", "pm_score": 4, "selected": false, "text": "If I had to guess, I would speculate that it was locked in an attempt to protect it from getting highly polemic ...	2015/09/11	[ "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/1933", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/118/" ]
1,936	Jusg from The Winnower (thewinnower.com) here. I wanted to reach out and see if users of Stack Exchange Academia would be interested in permanently archiving and assigning Digital Object Identifiers (DOIs) to top threads with The Winnower. We’ve begun to offer DOIs and permanent archival to blogs, scholarly reddit AMAs...	[ { "answer_id": 1937, "author": "aeismail", "author_id": 53, "author_profile": "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/53", "pm_score": 4, "selected": true, "text": "While this seems like a nice idea, I think this is something that needs to be addressed across the full Stack Exchan...	2015/09/14	[ "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/1936", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/41111/" ]
1,941	Not all the SE sites are in the option when flagging a question as off topic. It would be nicer to suggest the exact SE site when flagging off-topic questions. Or am I missing something? Is such an option available in addition to notifying it in the comments section?	[ { "answer_id": 1942, "author": "jakebeal", "author_id": 22733, "author_profile": "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/22733", "pm_score": 2, "selected": false, "text": "To suggest migration to another site, you have to add a custom comment. I was confused by this myself at firs...	2015/09/15	[ "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/1941", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/40592/" ]
1,950	Hello one and all academics. I'm Sam and I work at Stack Exchange Overflow. I come here before you because I'm not sure where else on the network to go! There isn't a Stack Exchange site for K-12 teachers, and I think they could benefit massively from one. I think this because I live with a teacher and I see day and n...	[ { "answer_id": 1951, "author": "StrongBad", "author_id": 929, "author_profile": "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/929", "pm_score": 2, "selected": false, "text": "I think it could work. There is definitely a need for it. There is definitely enough teachers in the world. I th...	2015/09/25	[ "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/1950", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/254/" ]
1,952	On several occasions, moderators have suspended an account (your's truly) for making mere questionable comments or providing answers that are not with convention. Now, SE has a voting model, yes? What is the legitimacy for scolding other users when it can only result in the inbreeding of already established and perha...	[ { "answer_id": 1953, "author": "jakebeal", "author_id": 22733, "author_profile": "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/22733", "pm_score": 4, "selected": false, "text": "Academia.SE is a question and answer site. Quite a bit of cross-fertilization occurs here, given the breadth ...	2015/09/25	[ "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/1952", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/19703/" ]
1,954	I would like to discuss the comments to <https://academia.stackexchange.com/a/54888/958>. I am a bit puzzled by the way the discussion has evolved. In my view, aeismail's comment is sloppy, since it just claims that this is not "correct usage", without backing up the claim with a reference. It is basically equivalent ...	[ { "answer_id": 1959, "author": "Wrzlprmft", "author_id": 7734, "author_profile": "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/7734", "pm_score": 4, "selected": false, "text": "> \n> The first thing it does is throwing a professor title in front of TheDoctor. I find it a highly question...	2015/09/25	[ "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/1954", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/958/" ]
1,962	UPDATE: I have edited my question and have added more specific details. I have posted [this](https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/54976/what-information-to-share-and-what-to-hide) question today. It is on hold saying > > There are either too many possible answers, or good answers would be too long for t...	[ { "answer_id": 1963, "author": "aeismail", "author_id": 53, "author_profile": "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/53", "pm_score": 0, "selected": false, "text": "Your question also includes the statement:\n\n> \n> I know this will depend on kind of research you and your rivals...	2015/09/25	[ "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/1962", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/41246/" ]
1,967	We often get questions from people who are not aware how a journal works and do not understand some step in the editiorial process[¹](https://academia.stackexchange.com/q/48446/7734), think some step takes too long[²](https://academia.stackexchange.com/q/23655/7734) or are just very worried[³](https://academia.stackexc...	[ { "answer_id": 1971, "author": "StrongBad", "author_id": 929, "author_profile": "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/929", "pm_score": 2, "selected": false, "text": "I agree with the comments that there are multiple topics in the proposed question. In this case, I think this is...	2015/09/26	[ "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/1967", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/7734/" ]
1,975	Title says it all, and I don't have privileges to post on the meta forum. If there's a better place to post this, it'd be really helpful to hear about.	[ { "answer_id": 1976, "author": "ff524", "author_id": 11365, "author_profile": "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/11365", "pm_score": 3, "selected": false, "text": "If the \"beginner\" questions are within the scope of the site as defined in the [help center](https://academia....	2015/10/01	[ "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/1975", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/41882/" ]
1,981	On [the "unethical restaurant research" question](https://academia.stackexchange.com/q/55314/22733), a new user made a low-quality answer consisting entirely of: > > No!!!!!! No!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! No!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! > > > Obviously, this is a poor answer and needs to be either improved or changed into a comme...	[ { "answer_id": 1982, "author": "StrongBad", "author_id": 929, "author_profile": "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/929", "pm_score": 2, "selected": false, "text": "If I am following the [timeline](https://academia.stackexchange.com/admin/posts/timeline/55376#flag_41652) corre...	2015/10/03	[ "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/1981", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/22733/" ]
1,998	I'm struck by the willingness of some contributors to this site to express, either consciously or unconsciously, views about the U.S. higher educational system that are little more than thinly vailed anti-American rants. For a specific example, see some of the comments left under the recent posting, [Why are most of th...	[ { "answer_id": 2000, "author": "jakebeal", "author_id": 22733, "author_profile": "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/22733", "pm_score": 4, "selected": true, "text": "I think you might as well ask: \"What causes occasional outbursts of pro-Americanism on this site?\" A number ...	2015/10/10	[ "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/1998", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/20825/" ]
2,014	The question ["What are some good ways to keep students coming to lectures?"](https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/57619/what-are-some-good-ways-to-keep-students-coming-to-lectures) has been posted here at Academia.SE and simultaneously over at [Matheducators.SE](https://matheducators.stackexchange.com/question...	[ { "answer_id": 2015, "author": "Stephan Kolassa", "author_id": 4140, "author_profile": "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/4140", "pm_score": 2, "selected": false, "text": "The consensus on StackExchange seems to be that [you shouldn't cross-post questions, even if they are on...	2015/11/06	[ "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/2014", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/529/" ]
2,017	A [recent question](https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/57676/how-to-deal-with-gpa-related-questions-in-standardized-job-application-forms-if) of mine was apparently put on-hold with the following motivation: > > "The answer to this question strongly depends on individual factors such as a certain person’s ...	[ { "answer_id": 2018, "author": "Wrzlprmft", "author_id": 7734, "author_profile": "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/7734", "pm_score": 2, "selected": false, "text": "I draw the line for this close reason as follows:\n\n> \n> Can answers to this question be expected to signifi...	2015/11/09	[ "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/2017", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/5674/" ]
2,025	Can someone please explain the philosophy of stackoverflow and why [such questions](https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/57903/should-i-tell-the-instructor-that-i-will-miss-the-next-class) get upvotes? Is it appreciated that people shut down their brains and get totally paralyzed until someone tells them how t...	[ { "answer_id": 2026, "author": "gnometorule", "author_id": 4384, "author_profile": "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/4384", "pm_score": 2, "selected": false, "text": "The voting model of the stack exchange system is entirely subjective. A user believing a question should be ...	2015/11/10	[ "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/2025", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/14662/" ]
2,035	When googling to understand a recent question better, I came across a web site whose entire focus is to scoop from Academia SE; [here](http://newtips.co/academia/questions/56389/job-advertisement-liaise-professionally.html) is an example for the question I looked into. It's attributed (if somewhat wrongly; the quotes m...	[ { "answer_id": 2036, "author": "ff524", "author_id": 11365, "author_profile": "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/11365", "pm_score": 6, "selected": true, "text": "See [A site (or scraper) is copying content from Stack Exchange. What do I do?](https://meta.stackexchange.com/qu...	2015/11/16	[ "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/2035", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/4384/" ]