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4,162	The question [Is there a way to change preprint service within OSF system?](https://academia.stackexchange.com/q/109866/14341) is about to closed and I suspect the reason is that it's a technical question. Perhaps the close voters think that it's better on [Web Applications](https://webapps.stackexchange.com/). But I'v...	[ { "answer_id": 4168, "author": "Anonymous Physicist", "author_id": 13240, "author_profile": "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/13240", "pm_score": -1, "selected": false, "text": "No. A question about a product (free or not) which is marketed to academics is not a question abo...	2018/05/17	[ "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/4162", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/14341/" ]
4,165	The [original question](https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/109789/what-was-offensive-about-the-ladies-lingerie-department-joke-and-how-can-i-av) about the lingerie joke made in an elevator was controversial leading to a lively [meta discussion](https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/4153/how-to-pro...	[ { "answer_id": 4166, "author": "StrongBad", "author_id": 929, "author_profile": "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/929", "pm_score": 1, "selected": false, "text": "I was initially skeptical that edits could address [my concerns](https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/a/4154/...	2018/05/17	[ "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/4165", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/929/" ]
4,177	The question [What research explains political attitudes of academics?](https://academia.stackexchange.com/q/110059/7734) has attracted a lot of debate and undergone quite some change since it was posted. In particular, some of the answers do not fit the question (anymore). How shall we proceed with it? ### This Quest...	[ { "answer_id": 4178, "author": "Wrzlprmft", "author_id": 7734, "author_profile": "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/7734", "pm_score": 4, "selected": true, "text": "I think the question is a good fit for this site in its current state as it does not solicit mere opinions and ...	2018/05/21	[ "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/4177", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/7734/" ]
4,184	I have been here for about 1-2 months, and clearly see that most of the questions come from mathematicians or computer scientists. Am I wrong? Is it because these disciplines are on their computers more, relative to a chemist or biologist?	[ { "answer_id": 4185, "author": "aeismail", "author_id": 53, "author_profile": "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/53", "pm_score": 4, "selected": false, "text": "As its name suggests, the Stack Exchange network grew out of CS-based websites, so there is likely to be a lot more...	2018/05/23	[ "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/4184", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/-1/" ]
4,191	The irony of putting on hold this question [How should I handle questions about family/spouse on the job market?](https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/110614) is that it limits my right to apply for any position without being the questioned why I choose such a distance, therefore limiting my right to look for a...	[ { "answer_id": 4192, "author": "Nobody", "author_id": 546, "author_profile": "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/546", "pm_score": 2, "selected": false, "text": "Your question title \n\n> \n> What is an illegal or/and inappropriate question in a job interview?\n> \n> \n> \n\ni...	2018/06/01	[ "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/4191", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/41198/" ]
4,194	@scaaahu noticed in the Ivory Tower chat that <https://academia.stackexchange.com/users/91603/d-hutchinson?tab=profile> has been banned for 28 years. Incredible! I took a look at D.Hutchinson's posts at academia.SE and found nothing bad. Really nothing. I might be missing something, but which kind of offense would lead...	[ { "answer_id": 4192, "author": "Nobody", "author_id": 546, "author_profile": "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/546", "pm_score": 2, "selected": false, "text": "Your question title \n\n> \n> What is an illegal or/and inappropriate question in a job interview?\n> \n> \n> \n\ni...	2018/06/03	[ "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/4194", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/-1/" ]
4,197	When I browse the questions on the issue of research funding, I found that [this question](https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/100499/funding-in-mathematics-from-large-companies-as-undergraduate) was closed (I am not the author). Since I want to be more familiar with the norms of Academia Stack Exchange, I wan...	[ { "answer_id": 4198, "author": "David Richerby", "author_id": 10685, "author_profile": "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/10685", "pm_score": 3, "selected": false, "text": "The reason given on the question page\\* is\n\n> \n> This question is not within the scope of this site...	2018/06/04	[ "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/4197", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/90299/" ]
4,201	In the following question, I describe how I believe to be the target of a possibly predatory journal: [Can an academic journal with low reputation be a scam?](https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/110785/can-an-academic-journal-with-low-reputation-be-a-scam) I was informed in the subsequent answers about sever...	[ { "answer_id": 4202, "author": "Buzz", "author_id": 27515, "author_profile": "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/27515", "pm_score": 2, "selected": false, "text": "Yes. There is no reason not to include additional pertinent information." }, { "answer_id": 4203, "au...	2018/06/05	[ "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/4201", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/46977/" ]
4,204	Part of the questions on the Academia.SX mainly focus on admissions procedure in different countries. One of the best questions, succeeded to cover questions about application procedure in the United States, [link](https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/38237/how-does-the-admissions-process-work-for-ph-d-programs...	[ { "answer_id": 4205, "author": "aeismail", "author_id": 53, "author_profile": "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/53", "pm_score": 2, "selected": false, "text": "If a question is about an admissions system that is replicated throughout a country, and it’s not covered by a cano...	2018/06/06	[ "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/4204", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/15723/" ]
4,209	A few people flagged the last couple of questions I asked as duplicates of other questions, while they clearly weren't duplicates and the people flagging it had apparently misunderstood/missed the part of my explanation that was explaining why the question is not a duplicate. Yet, flagging a question as duplicate is so...	[ { "answer_id": 4210, "author": "Massimo Ortolano", "author_id": 20058, "author_profile": "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/20058", "pm_score": 3, "selected": false, "text": "First, a premise. I was the first to vote to close [your question](https://academia.stackexchange.com...	2018/06/09	[ "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/4209", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/83029/" ]
4,217	There is a closed question on the OSF system: [Is there a way to move a preprint from one service to another within the OSF system?](https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/109866/is-there-a-way-to-move-a-preprint-from-one-service-to-another-within-the-osf-sys) that has spawned a number of comments as well as two ...	[ { "answer_id": 4218, "author": "StrongBad", "author_id": 929, "author_profile": "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/929", "pm_score": 3, "selected": false, "text": "Yes, this question is a good fit for our community and should be reopened." }, { "answer_id": 4219, ...	2018/06/15	[ "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/4217", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/929/" ]
4,221	I subscribe to the [review-articles](https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/review-articles "show questions tagged 'review-articles'") tag, whose description is this: > > "Survey" or "review" articles are academic publications that organize > and summarize the current state of research on a given topic ...	[ { "answer_id": 4235, "author": "Wrzlprmft", "author_id": 7734, "author_profile": "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/7734", "pm_score": 0, "selected": false, "text": "Less than two weeks ago, I implemented [a similar renaming](https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/q/4145/773...	2018/06/20	[ "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/4221", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/20418/" ]
4,222	This is quite funny, because although whether the [original question about the OSF system](https://academia.stackexchange.com/q/109866/14341) is reopened or not, I think the meta series is more interesting. First, let's recap: 1. [Are questions asking technical issues on academic services on-topic?](https://academia.m...	[ { "answer_id": 4223, "author": "StrongBad", "author_id": 929, "author_profile": "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/929", "pm_score": 2, "selected": false, "text": "My interpretation of what the consensus opinion of our community is, is slightly different than yours. I believe...	2018/06/22	[ "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/4222", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/14341/" ]
4,228	My answer to [this question](https://academia.stackexchange.com/q/111498/40589) has been quite controversial, attracting several hundred positive and negative votes and a long thread of comments. An initial batch of comments was moved to chat per the usual site policy, and two subsequent long streams of comments were s...	[ { "answer_id": 4229, "author": "JBentley", "author_id": 42802, "author_profile": "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/42802", "pm_score": 3, "selected": false, "text": "The answer is simple, of course. The comments should be moved into the existing chat. If the moderator can't ...	2018/06/26	[ "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/4228", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/40589/" ]
4,237	Latino is not even race, [Is this statistic about how many Latinos/Hispanics have a PhD in the USA correct?](https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/111045/is-this-statistic-about-how-many-latinos-hispanics-have-a-phd-in-the-usa-correct) and it was only referenced via social media, my question [Is there any reli...	[ { "answer_id": 4238, "author": "Scott Seidman", "author_id": 20457, "author_profile": "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/20457", "pm_score": 3, "selected": false, "text": "I can think of dozens of questions about LGBTQ issues here. Your assertion that this is considered off t...	2018/07/09	[ "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/4237", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/-1/" ]
4,245	We commonly redirect questions such as ["Manuscript status changed from Review in progress to Ready for review"](https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/114030/manuscript-status-changed-from-review-in-progress-to-ready-for-review) to ["What does the typical workflow of a journal look like"](https://academia.stacke...	[ { "answer_id": 4246, "author": "StrongBad", "author_id": 929, "author_profile": "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/929", "pm_score": 3, "selected": false, "text": "Would you rather them be closed as too specific and go ask the journal? If the answer depends on the specific jo...	2018/07/22	[ "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/4245", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/84834/" ]
4,254	I started a bounty recently for [this question](https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/114135/why-do-most-scientists-think-brexit-is-bad-for-british-science). The reason is explained in the bounty notice: most of the answers are passionately anti-Brexit. However if the answers provide the entire story, then there...	[ { "answer_id": 4255, "author": "StrongBad", "author_id": 929, "author_profile": "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/929", "pm_score": 4, "selected": true, "text": "It sounds like you want the opposite answer from what the question asks. I think you want to know what the upside...	2018/07/27	[ "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/4254", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/84834/" ]
4,259	### Context I recently updated my answer to the question [Do all countries have the same gender imbalance in science?](https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/34360/do-all-countries-have-the-same-gender-imbalance-in-science/94081) with additional information. Basically, my answer contains the following position ...	[ { "answer_id": 4260, "author": "ff524", "author_id": 11365, "author_profile": "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/11365", "pm_score": 3, "selected": false, "text": "tl;dr: Since your answer was duplicate text and a lot of it didn't directly address the question that was as...	2018/08/01	[ "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/4259", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/37939/" ]
4,262	I think it's clear from the Help and actual questions/answers here that questions about the academic side of research are on topic. However, are questions about research administration on topic? By "research administration" I mean things like: * Interpreting uniform guidance regarding things like allowed costs for fe...	[ { "answer_id": 4266, "author": "aeismail", "author_id": 53, "author_profile": "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/53", "pm_score": 3, "selected": false, "text": "As a general rule, the best way to make a question a good fit is to ensure the question could be asked by someone e...	2018/08/01	[ "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/4262", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/23912/" ]
4,263	I have posted a question a few months ago and I would like to get it deleted. In the question I have posted my own opinion and views that I have used in an essay. I have been told that there have been some similarities found using the [Turnitin](https://www.turnitin.com/) service and I have tried to delete the questi...	[ { "answer_id": 4264, "author": "nengel", "author_id": 71814, "author_profile": "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/71814", "pm_score": 4, "selected": true, "text": "You can't delete the question, but doing so also won't solve your problem anyway.\n\nWhen you post a question on...	2018/08/02	[ "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/4263", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/96653/" ]
4,269	[This question](https://academia.stackexchange.com/q/115512/20058) and [this other one](https://academia.stackexchange.com/q/115513/20058) have been recently put on hold for being strongly dependent on individual factors. I think that the closure of the above questions is unfair and unwarranted, given that this commun...	[ { "answer_id": 4270, "author": "Nobody", "author_id": 546, "author_profile": "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/546", "pm_score": 2, "selected": false, "text": "There is a question\n[What is the average postdoctoral salary in China?](https://academia.stackexchange.com/q/43260...	2018/08/19	[ "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/4269", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/20058/" ]
4,271	I asked a few questions on this website and I think all of them got deleted. I have no idea how to ask a good question on this site. I'm not a researcher. Maybe researchers have knowledge that I don't have from which they can figure out how to ask a good question. I read [How do I ask a good question?](https://academia...	[ { "answer_id": 4273, "author": "eykanal", "author_id": 73, "author_profile": "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/73", "pm_score": 3, "selected": false, "text": "Firstly, it's worth you asking yourself why you are seeking to participate on this site. This is a forum about acade...	2018/08/20	[ "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/4271", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/64021/" ]
4,274	I closed my account and it will be effectuated within 24 hours. I received an indirect personal attack on my posts. I also do not like how quickly sincere questions of (new) participants are downvoted or labelled as a duplicate because a couple of years ago a similar question was asked. These responses are mostly targe...	[ { "answer_id": 4275, "author": "user97255", "author_id": 97255, "author_profile": "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/97255", "pm_score": 3, "selected": false, "text": "What you describe is a common phenomeon here (and even worse on many other SE sites - I myself experienced i...	2018/08/21	[ "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/4274", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/-1/" ]
4,289	On some large portion of all questions about conferences, it becomes important to know if the conference is in Computer Science, or one of the other fields, that takes conferences seriously as a publication venue. I was thus thinking we should put something in the tag wiki, to recommend to users of the conference tag...	[ { "answer_id": 4291, "author": "Massimo Ortolano", "author_id": 20058, "author_profile": "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/20058", "pm_score": 2, "selected": false, "text": "For many of the questions that we receive here it's important to specify the field of interest (not t...	2018/08/25	[ "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/4289", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/8513/" ]
4,294	See this: [How does the admissions process work for Ph.D. programs in the UK, particularly for weak or borderline students?](https://academia.stackexchange.com/q/115557/84565) And, compare it with this: [*How does the admissions process work for Ph.D. programs in the US, particularly for weak or borderline students...	[ { "answer_id": 4295, "author": "Bryan Krause", "author_id": 63475, "author_profile": "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/63475", "pm_score": 4, "selected": false, "text": "The highly-rated question you linked was created as a community wiki as a way to close numerous related q...	2018/08/29	[ "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/4294", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/-1/" ]
4,299	Update - the theme and layout is now live for everyone. ------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for your feedback in this process. If there's additional feedback, please feel free to add to the answers below. --- As part of implementing the new unified themes across the network, we're graduall...	[ { "answer_id": 4300, "author": "Wrzlprmft", "author_id": 7734, "author_profile": "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/7734", "pm_score": 3, "selected": false, "text": "[status-completed](/questions/tagged/status-completed \"show questions tagged 'status-completed'\") \n\n> \n> ...	2018/08/31	[ "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/4299", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/37330/" ]
4,301	I have made a question very clearr (and interesting) as the answer and comments show ([Why publishing in a journal instead of arxiv or in my blog?](https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/116166/)), but 4 users flaged this as unclear. I feel that this is a censorship strategy because the question (and answers abov...	[ { "answer_id": 4302, "author": "Anonymous Physicist", "author_id": 13240, "author_profile": "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/13240", "pm_score": 3, "selected": false, "text": "Welcome, Ixer. This is a feature, not a bug. The Stack Exchange system is designed to make it easy...	2018/09/01	[ "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/4301", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/82383/" ]
4,317	I'm deleting my academia stackexchange account so I don't really care if this my last question will be marked as duplicate or off-topic. The reason why I'm asking this question is that I feel the academia stackexhange community right now heavily focused on hierarchy of this forum such as preventing duplicate, off-topic...	[ { "answer_id": 4318, "author": "eykanal", "author_id": 73, "author_profile": "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/73", "pm_score": 2, "selected": false, "text": "I'm sorry you feel that way, and thank you for taking the time to post your experience. Looking over your posts, I'm...	2018/09/16	[ "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/4317", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/-1/" ]
4,325	I'm wondering what is the similarity percentage of answers and opinions, which are given on Academia Stack Exchange to users, to the opinion of academic community as a bigger entity? In other words, do the answers here necessarily reflect the accepted answers to questions or problems of whole academic community? The r...	[ { "answer_id": 4326, "author": "Wrzlprmft", "author_id": 7734, "author_profile": "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/7734", "pm_score": 3, "selected": false, "text": "First of all and just to clarify, the goal of this site is not to collect personal opinions, but facts and bes...	2018/09/21	[ "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/4325", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/98164/" ]
4,328	Recently, I posted [a question](https://academia.stackexchange.com/q/117764/98164) which at the first time I didn't expect that it will receive this huge ~ 12k attention. Now, I'm wondering why it received this amount of popularity among the academic community in this forum? Because I had similar questions before but n...	[ { "answer_id": 4329, "author": "Bryan Krause", "author_id": 63475, "author_profile": "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/63475", "pm_score": 4, "selected": true, "text": "Questions with outlier level of attention are almost always a result of the \"hot network questions\" or H...	2018/10/03	[ "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/4328", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/98164/" ]
4,332	Quite a few questions at Academia are about conflicts with Supervisors, both for students and for post-docs. A question there about how to avoid such conflicts from arising, starting on the first day, would likely be closed for a variety of reasons - broad, opinions, shopping, etc. Is this a suitable place to discuss...	[ { "answer_id": 4333, "author": "Buffy", "author_id": 75368, "author_profile": "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/75368", "pm_score": 3, "selected": false, "text": "The following is a proposal for a community wiki question at Academia. Feel free to edit it. It focuses on stude...	2018/10/05	[ "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/4332", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/75368/" ]
4,338	I have a question about my Academia Stack Exchange post: [is my spreadsheet considered a framework?](https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/118384/is-my-spreadsheet-considered-a-framework) I posted a question about my methodology for generating a theoretical framework but some lads responded by asking some irrel...	[ { "answer_id": 4339, "author": "StrongBad", "author_id": 929, "author_profile": "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/929", "pm_score": 2, "selected": false, "text": "In my opinion, the issue is that it is not clear to me what you are asking about. There appears to be a lot of j...	2018/10/15	[ "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/4338", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/94409/" ]
4,355	It's clear that you could reasonably use [supervision](https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/supervision "show questions tagged 'supervision'") without using [advisor](https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/advisor "show questions tagged 'advisor'"), but I'm confused as to how one would use [...	[ { "answer_id": 4356, "author": "Buffy", "author_id": 75368, "author_profile": "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/75368", "pm_score": -1, "selected": false, "text": "I think the terms are used interchangeably here. Usage differs by field and by place, but both terms seem to be...	2018/11/13	[ "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/4355", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/56861/" ]
4,357	Proposition: The targeted reader of an answer isn't necessarily the OP who asked the question and therefore a general answer may be appropriate. Background: Some commenters (and down voters) object if an answer is much more general than the question calls for or even orthogonal to the question. I write such answers q...	[ { "answer_id": 4358, "author": "ff524", "author_id": 11365, "author_profile": "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/11365", "pm_score": 2, "selected": false, "text": "It's true that the best answers help more than just the OP.\n\nHowever, this is first and foremost a Q&A site, n...	2018/11/13	[ "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/4357", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/75368/" ]
4,366	A recent question has caused me to think about the idea of reproducible-research and what the concept means. I think that, while it may be fairly common to use this term, that a better term would be preferable, so as to make an important distinction. The term I would prefer for this would be transparent-research o...	[ { "answer_id": 4367, "author": "aeismail", "author_id": 53, "author_profile": "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/53", "pm_score": 2, "selected": false, "text": "I think the more important usage for SE purposes is what the general community has adopted as a meaning for \"repro...	2018/11/22	[ "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/4366", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/75368/" ]
4,369	["Is it acceptable to shoot people if they annoy you?"](https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/120966/is-it-acceptable-to-publish-student-names-with-the-label-stupid-question) Well, that's not exactly what was asked, but it's pretty close. And then people write serious answers saying "No, that's not ok at all" -...	[ { "answer_id": 4370, "author": "StrongBad", "author_id": 929, "author_profile": "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/929", "pm_score": 3, "selected": false, "text": "Yes. When I answered the question it had a score of -1. When I read the question I thought it was pretty reasona...	2018/12/04	[ "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/4369", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/7319/" ]
4,381	[This question](https://academia.stackexchange.com/q/121920/7734) asks about studies about peer reviewing. It was voted to close as off-topic and one of the close voters gave the argument: > > This reads as if you want people here to do your research on a particular topic. That would put it out of bounds. > > > I...	[ { "answer_id": 4382, "author": "Wrzlprmft", "author_id": 7734, "author_profile": "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/7734", "pm_score": 4, "selected": false, "text": "They should be on-topic.\nAt the end of the day we exclude questions about the content of research because aca...	2018/12/20	[ "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/4381", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/7734/" ]
4,385	I'm a bit concerned about [a recent post](https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/103328) (now deleted, link for 10 k users only) which was a pretty aggressive accusation with both the specific supervisor and accuser clearly identified. I think most of the answers and comments are directed towards helping OP unde...	[ { "answer_id": 4386, "author": "Massimo Ortolano", "author_id": 20058, "author_profile": "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/20058", "pm_score": 3, "selected": false, "text": "However unpleasant they are, I think we should deal with such kind of questions. For two reasons.\n\n...	2018/12/27	[ "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/4385", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/63475/" ]
4,395	Up until 2016, [there were polls](https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/q/3561/19607) asking if we wanted to participate in the annual Winter Bash Hat Festivals. Why haven't there polls the past couple of years? I realize the votes have been overwhelmingly in favor of hats, so they might seem pointless, but being poi...	[ { "answer_id": 4396, "author": "ff524", "author_id": 11365, "author_profile": "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/11365", "pm_score": 2, "selected": false, "text": "In past years (2016 and earlier), site moderators received emails from SE announcing the upcoming Winter Bash *b...	2019/01/09	[ "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/4395", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/19607/" ]
4,400	[Why is research at highly productive research institutions better than those at not-so-highly productive research institutions?](https://academia.stackexchange.com/q/122944/7734) Unfortunately the answers to that question focus on critiquing how the rankings came about, which are not really relevant to what I want to...	[ { "answer_id": 4401, "author": "StrongBad", "author_id": 929, "author_profile": "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/929", "pm_score": 0, "selected": false, "text": "I am not sure what you mean by best universities, but for the UK you could ask if there is a correlation betwe...	2019/01/13	[ "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/4400", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/84834/" ]