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4,787	I had a falling-out with a professor last year, and the situation has been quite distressing for me. I'm trying to deal with the situation in real life, but so far I haven't gotten answers, so I was posting about it on Academia Stack Exchange. It was a complex issue; thus, it's not something that can be fully addressed...	[ { "answer_id": 4788, "author": "Massimo Ortolano", "author_id": 20058, "author_profile": "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/20058", "pm_score": 4, "selected": false, "text": "> \n> It was a complex issue; thus, it's not something that can be fully\n> addressed in one post.\n>...	2020/09/12	[ "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/4787", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/-1/" ]
4,790	Is there anything wrong with this question? In particular, is there anything wrong in asking about an educated guess about the possible future impact factor of a new journal? [What niche is PRResearch supposed to fill that the other APS journals don’t already cover?](https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/155352...	[ { "answer_id": 4791, "author": "Massimo Ortolano", "author_id": 20058, "author_profile": "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/20058", "pm_score": 3, "selected": false, "text": "The post in its original form contained the following question:\n\n> \n> Moreover, PRResearch is rath...	2020/09/16	[ "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/4790", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/37620/" ]
4,793	Mod's notice: Given the clear outcome of the poll below, I've now closed the question (MO). I have the highest voted answer to [this controversial post regarding racism against an Indian student](https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/155185/how-to-proceed-after-being-threatened-and-treated-poorly-by-unive...	[ { "answer_id": 4794, "author": "Anonymous Physicist", "author_id": 13240, "author_profile": "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/13240", "pm_score": -1, "selected": false, "text": "Victim-blaming is often a manifestation of prejudice. It's a manifestation of prejudice that is s...	2020/09/20	[ "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/4793", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/57314/" ]
4,808	I've never found a Stack Exchange site or a QA site comparable with this SE. Every one is super friendly. Every question is either well-crafted, or concise and precise. Every answer is super helpful. There is no fight, no politics, no troubles. Everyone is simply helping each others. I've learned much more about academ...	[ { "answer_id": 4809, "author": "eykanal", "author_id": 73, "author_profile": "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/73", "pm_score": 5, "selected": false, "text": "Thanks so much for sharing! Qrad that we're helpful. I can see two ways you can help out, and I'm sure there are mor...	2020/10/19	[ "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/4808", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/69151/" ]
4,814	I am writing a SToP for doctoral studies and I have a bit of a contentious opening paragraph that I would like to get opinions on from the ASE community. I’m wondering if it is okay to post the question with the small intro paragraph I have to see how the community perceives it? I’m just trying to get some external o...	[ { "answer_id": 4809, "author": "eykanal", "author_id": 73, "author_profile": "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/73", "pm_score": 5, "selected": false, "text": "Thanks so much for sharing! Qrad that we're helpful. I can see two ways you can help out, and I'm sure there are mor...	2020/10/23	[ "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/4814", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/108615/" ]
4,817	Why people use comments to answer the questions? I am already read [this](https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/1819/answers-in-comments) question, which is very close to what I am saying here. But I want to go further because I don't get how the community uses the answers and comments. So why regulator...	[ { "answer_id": 4818, "author": "cag51", "author_id": 79875, "author_profile": "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/79875", "pm_score": 4, "selected": true, "text": "> \n> (1) Why people use comments to answer the questions?\n> \n> \n> \n\nThey shouldn't. This bypasses the v...	2020/10/23	[ "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/4817", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/129419/" ]
4,833	My question ([Any way to sync my Papers 2 library to my newer iPad?](https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/159027/any-way-to-sync-my-papers-2-library-to-my-newer-ipad)) was closed as off-topic today. To be honest, I hesitated before posting it because it felt not quite like an exact fit for this SE site. However...	[ { "answer_id": 4834, "author": "eykanal", "author_id": 73, "author_profile": "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/73", "pm_score": 3, "selected": false, "text": "This is quite a borderline question to me. Its definitely more of a software reference question, and honestly should...	2020/11/20	[ "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/4833", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/17928/" ]
4,837	There are a number of questions on Academia.SE from students who have just been accused of cheating, or of some other form of misconduct. While the specifics of the allegations and circumstances differ, there is a great deal of commonality in the advice given. Many of the questions are written in a panic on the day of ...	[ { "answer_id": 4839, "author": "cag51", "author_id": 79875, "author_profile": "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/79875", "pm_score": -1, "selected": false, "text": "*Upvote this post if you agree that we should adopt this canonical question; downvote if you strongly disagree....	2020/11/23	[ "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/4837", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/87026/" ]
4,845	StackExchange generally [requires](https://academia.stackexchange.com/conduct) professional, respectful discourse. As such, profanity is [generally disallowed](https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/22232/are-expletives-cursing-swear-words-or-vulgar-language-allowed-on-se-sites) site-wide. But, this is applied differ...	[ { "answer_id": 4846, "author": "WoJ", "author_id": 15446, "author_profile": "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/15446", "pm_score": 6, "selected": true, "text": "A French perspective on this predominantly US site, but also used by non-US users.\n\nOur perspective on profanity ...	2020/12/20	[ "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/4845", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/79875/" ]
4,851	I was reading an answer to a question (<https://academia.stackexchange.com/a/160520/15446>) when it got edited to remove the religious aspects. The answer is very poor and does not bring anything new (with or without the edit) so it should be just downvoted to oblivion. Removing the religious aspect changes the answe...	[ { "answer_id": 4852, "author": "Massimo Ortolano", "author_id": 20058, "author_profile": "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/20058", "pm_score": 4, "selected": false, "text": "It's true that that edit may be a seen as too invasive and deviating from the original intent of the ...	2020/12/27	[ "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/4851", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/15446/" ]
4,854	Please, take look at this question: [What is a good rule of thumb for the cost of a Postdoc, in the US at an R1 university](https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/160653/what-is-a-good-rule-of-thumb-for-the-cost-of-a-postdoc-in-the-us-at-an-r1-unive) The first comment said that it is apparently a well known fac...	[ { "answer_id": 4856, "author": "cag51", "author_id": 79875, "author_profile": "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/79875", "pm_score": 5, "selected": false, "text": "I think you have been told several times what the problem was.\n\nIn the now-deleted comments, Terri Loring wrot...	2020/12/31	[ "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/4854", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/133396/" ]
4,857	I'm not sure where better to ask this, maybe Philosophy either English SE are better places than Academia? My question: > > From computer games like Civilizations, we know the concept of the > [technology tree](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technology_tree), i.e. different technologies and innovations are > conceive...	[ { "answer_id": 4858, "author": "Wrzlprmft", "author_id": 7734, "author_profile": "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/7734", "pm_score": 2, "selected": false, "text": "I don’t see how your question would be on-topic on Academia SE, as this is not a concept relevant to academic ...	2021/01/04	[ "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/4857", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/80304/" ]
4,871	I don't understand why [my question about Google knowledge panel](https://academia.stackexchange.com/q/162818/93566) was closed as off-topic. The only reason I can think of is that the question is about a non-academic site. I would like to understand in order to get a chance to rewrite the question, if possible. For w...	[ { "answer_id": 4872, "author": "Bryan Krause", "author_id": 63475, "author_profile": "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/63475", "pm_score": 3, "selected": false, "text": "I don't think I would vote the question to be closed, but I suspect those that have consider this effecti...	2021/02/22	[ "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/4871", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/93566/" ]
4,876	I recently sat a statistical/machine learning exam where, I believe, the instructions and questions were clearly flawed (to the point of being logically incoherent). The problems with the instructions and questions are such that the flaws are not heavily/fundamentally mathematical/statistical in nature (although, they ...	[ { "answer_id": 4877, "author": "eykanal", "author_id": 73, "author_profile": "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/73", "pm_score": 3, "selected": false, "text": "Thanks for asking! I would move to close such a question as \"too specific to individual circumstances\". Asking tha...	2021/02/25	[ "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/4876", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/115107/" ]
4,879	I've not voted but I'm thinking of doing so: [Is MDPI a reputable Academic Publisher?](https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/5466/is-mdpi-a-reputable-academic-publisher) Jaaqon is that MDPI has grown really big. It's roughly the fifth biggest publisher overall now, which is incredible considering that it was mu...	[ { "answer_id": 4880, "author": "Arno", "author_id": 12047, "author_profile": "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/12047", "pm_score": 3, "selected": false, "text": "I agree that MDPI is a special case which is not properly covered by the generic question. A typical predatory pu...	2021/03/04	[ "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/4879", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/84834/" ]
4,886	I asked and suggested an answer to [this question](https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/165912/should-instructors-make-use-of-the-chegg-honor-shield-tool) about whether instructors should use a newly-presented academic-integrity web service from the Chegg company (the "Honor Shield"). The question quickly recei...	[ { "answer_id": 4887, "author": "Massimo Ortolano", "author_id": 20058, "author_profile": "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/20058", "pm_score": 3, "selected": false, "text": "I'd consider that specific kind of question highly opinion based. After all, your answer boils down t...	2021/04/06	[ "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/4886", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/43544/" ]
4,894	It happens quite often that new posters are confused about the scope of this site, for instance mistaking it for a "you can ask about every possible study topic here" site, or a "here's the story of my life, what should I do" site. This leads to off-topic questions, additional moderation work, and unnecessary hard feel...	[ { "answer_id": 4895, "author": "cag51", "author_id": 79875, "author_profile": "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/79875", "pm_score": 4, "selected": false, "text": "We should make it clear that the scope is \"academia\" rather rather than \"academics.\" It's hard to concis...	2021/04/10	[ "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/4894", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/958/" ]
4,904	We get many questions on Academia SE which are closed because they depend too much on the individual who is asking and thus cannot be sufficiently generalised to be helpful to a wider audience. However, these questions often can still be answered, usually with a small amount of (perhaps) generic advice, especially if...	[ { "answer_id": 4905, "author": "cag51", "author_id": 79875, "author_profile": "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/79875", "pm_score": 4, "selected": true, "text": "### Usually, no.\n\nThe \"ethos\" of SE, as you mention, is that questions are either not a good fit here (and sh...	2021/04/21	[ "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/4904", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/49043/" ]
4,906	I wanted to ask a question about why this page on the CDC does not have rigorous citations (but only generic content sources) that I would expect to be part of a scientific organization: <https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/your-health/reinfection.html>. I am not quite sure which exact stack exchange to ask it o...	[ { "answer_id": 4907, "author": "Jon Custer", "author_id": 15477, "author_profile": "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/15477", "pm_score": 2, "selected": false, "text": "I do not think that question falls under our scope. Those CDC pages are advice for broad public consumption...	2021/05/04	[ "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/4906", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/84330/" ]
4,908	I noticed two very similar but distinct tags — [coursework](https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/coursework "show questions tagged 'coursework'") and [courses](https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/courses "show questions tagged 'courses'"). The tag [courses](https://academia.stackexchange...	[ { "answer_id": 4911, "author": "Azor Ahai -him-", "author_id": 37441, "author_profile": "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/37441", "pm_score": 2, "selected": false, "text": "It seems like [coursework](https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/coursework \"show quest...	2021/05/04	[ "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/4908", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/68109/" ]
4,915	I noticed that the definition of the tag [professors](https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/professors "show questions tagged 'professors'") is: > > Queries related to professors, a highly accomplished and recognized academic and an expert in their respective discipline. > > > I don't really like th...	[ { "answer_id": 4916, "author": "Massimo Ortolano", "author_id": 20058, "author_profile": "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/20058", "pm_score": 3, "selected": true, "text": "First, thank you for asking this! I think we should avoid as much as possible tag wikis describing tit...	2021/05/16	[ "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/4915", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/269/" ]
4,917	I am fairly new to Academia SE and have found it to be a great resource and a nice and respectful community. My issue is the following: I have noticed that a lot of questions get answered very fast (within an hour of posting the question) by what I would call veteran users with high and very high reputation, often res...	[ { "answer_id": 4919, "author": "cag51", "author_id": 79875, "author_profile": "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/79875", "pm_score": 3, "selected": false, "text": "TL;DR. It is true that we want to continue to build up a large and diverse community rather than relying onl...	2021/05/20	[ "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/4917", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/133549/" ]
4,924	[This critical answer](https://meta.mathoverflow.net/a/5056/1898) on Academia.SE from Meta.mathoverflow deserves some attention, in my view: > > The problem with academia.SE is that it is very different in style from MO and other SE sites. The paradigm of SE is that the questions are well-defined enough to have a cor...	[ { "answer_id": 4925, "author": "Wrzlprmft", "author_id": 7734, "author_profile": "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/7734", "pm_score": 4, "selected": false, "text": "I don’t think we can be much more objective in answers than we currently are.\n\nMany of our questions are...	2021/06/03	[ "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/4924", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/958/" ]
4,935	I made a "burner" account to ask a question on this exchange, since I wanted to keep it separate from my personal account. However, upon completing email verification, it seems to be linked to my account now. Is there a way to dissociate a question from my account after it's been linked?	[ { "answer_id": 4936, "author": "Bryan Krause", "author_id": 63475, "author_profile": "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/63475", "pm_score": 2, "selected": false, "text": "You can request dissociation through the Contact link at the bottom of the page, but see [How do I remove...	2021/06/17	[ "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/4935", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/141880/" ]
4,939	In this [highly active question about how to respond to misrepresentation of one's research](https://academia.stackexchange.com/q/170077/22733), one of the answers [dwells on the scientific substance of the matter rather than on the question of how to respond](https://academia.stackexchange.com/a/170100/22733). While ...	[ { "answer_id": 4940, "author": "einpoklum", "author_id": 7319, "author_profile": "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/7319", "pm_score": 1, "selected": false, "text": "I believe the answer is on-topic. Questioning the premise of a question, with additional context information, ...	2021/06/18	[ "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/4939", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/22733/" ]
4,947	Update: The [FAQ is now live](https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/q/4976/7734). Please do not make changes or discuss them here anymore. --- A frame challenge is an answer, comment (or part thereof) that doesn’t attempt to answer the question as is, but instead disputes things the asker treats as given in t...	[ { "answer_id": 4948, "author": "Anonymous Physicist", "author_id": 13240, "author_profile": "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/13240", "pm_score": -1, "selected": false, "text": "1. This site has too many complex and arbitrary rules.\n2. Frame challenges are inherently unwelc...	2021/06/24	[ "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/4947", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/7734/" ]
4,950	Recently I asked a question on our main site: [Proper salutation in email for requesting a resource](https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/170291/proper-salutation-in-email-for-requesting-a-resource). Today, it has been closed as a duplicate to another question: [How should I phrase an important question that I...	[ { "answer_id": 4951, "author": "cag51", "author_id": 79875, "author_profile": "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/79875", "pm_score": 3, "selected": false, "text": "I think a more appropriate duplicate target would have been [How to address a professor in letter?](https://acad...	2021/06/26	[ "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/4950", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/35909/" ]
4,955	My recent [answer](https://academia.stackexchange.com/a/170131) to a question about how to address racist comments has been edited by a moderator ([eykanal](https://academia.stackexchange.com/users/73/eykanal)) to remove a substantial portion of the content. As authority for the edit the moderator cites another meta po...	[ { "answer_id": 4957, "author": "Massimo Ortolano", "author_id": 20058, "author_profile": "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/20058", "pm_score": 3, "selected": false, "text": "First, let me remark that controversial cases like this one are always first discussed internally by ...	2021/06/27	[ "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/4955", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/87026/" ]
4,963	We're thinking of running a moderator election. The moderation workload for this site is not too burdensome, but having one more moderator on the team would allow a better redistribution of the workload when someone has work peaks at the office. Since there is no urgency, before starting an election, we would like to ...	[ { "answer_id": 4964, "author": "Bryan Krause", "author_id": 63475, "author_profile": "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/63475", "pm_score": 4, "selected": false, "text": "I think the team here does a great job of covering things and it's rare that anything lingers that should...	2021/07/05	[ "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/4963", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/20058/" ]
4,971	> > The purpose of this thread was to collect questions for the questionnaire. The questionnaire is now live, and you may find it [here](https://academia.stackexchange.com/election/4#questionnaire). > > > --- Academia Stack Exchange is scheduled for an election [next week, 2021-08-09](https://academia.stackex...	[ { "answer_id": 4972, "author": "Massimo Ortolano", "author_id": 20058, "author_profile": "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/20058", "pm_score": 2, "selected": false, "text": "*[[Imported from the last election question collection](https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/a/454...	2021/08/02	[ "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/4971", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/135312/" ]
4,976	Somebody posted a question that makes an assumption I disagree with or think might be wrong. How do I best inform the asker of this? Do I post a comment or an answer, or should I vote to close the question or do nothing at all? This is called a *frame challenge:* I claim or suggest that the question is based on a ...	[ { "answer_id": 4977, "author": "Wrzlprmft", "author_id": 7734, "author_profile": "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/7734", "pm_score": 3, "selected": false, "text": "General rules of thumb\n----------------------\n\nBefore you write a frame challenge, see whether you can answ...	2021/08/07	[ "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/4976", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/7734/" ]
4,984	Some questions, [like this one](https://academia.stackexchange.com/q/173138/75368) get closed as Shopping Questions. But the OP, here, was asking how to get something done, not for a list of things. So, my view is that isn't really a shopping question at all. However, we don't have (as some others do) a tag for resour...	[ { "answer_id": 4986, "author": "Anonymous Physicist", "author_id": 13240, "author_profile": "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/13240", "pm_score": -1, "selected": false, "text": "> \n> But the OP, here, was asking how to get something done, not for a list of things.\n> \n> \n...	2021/08/09	[ "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/4984", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/75368/" ]
5,001	Why was [my question](https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/173940/where-to-place-a-variable-legend-in-a-math-thesis) closed as "off-topic", whereas [this](https://academia.stackexchange.com/q/5569/111347) similar question is open? Sure, the other question was posted 9 years ago, but I don't think it should hav...	[ { "answer_id": 5002, "author": "Bryan Krause", "author_id": 63475, "author_profile": "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/63475", "pm_score": 1, "selected": false, "text": "I'm not opining on whether or not your question should be closed, but I can answer the question \"why\" i...	2021/08/30	[ "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/5001", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/111347/" ]
5,005	Recently I realised that with some regularity there seem to be question of people who seem to be obsessively worried about some alleged misconduct which happend many years ago. A very recent example is the following: [Would these be adequate grounds for severe reprimand from my undergraduate program?](https://academia....	[ { "answer_id": 5006, "author": "cag51", "author_id": 79875, "author_profile": "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/79875", "pm_score": 3, "selected": false, "text": "In general, concern about long-ago transgressions fall into two categories.\n\n* Very serious ones, where the mi...	2021/09/10	[ "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/5005", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/45543/" ]
5,010	UPDATE: Having gotten mixed feedback on this change across the network, SE has decided as a default to keep the "old way", but sites can have a discussion like this one to request the "new way": [Unpinning the accepted answer from the top of the list of answers](https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/369568/unpinni...	[ { "answer_id": 5011, "author": "Bryan Krause", "author_id": 63475, "author_profile": "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/63475", "pm_score": 4, "selected": false, "text": "The top-voted answer should appear on top, even if a different answer has been accepted (this is the new ...	2021/09/16	[ "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/5010", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/63475/" ]
5,021	Recently I have posted [this](https://academia.stackexchange.com/a/176220/103617) answer to [this](https://academia.stackexchange.com/q/176215/103617) question. I was accused of racism ([source](https://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/59286899#59286899): *"And, expecting everyone in the world to accept we...	[ { "answer_id": 5022, "author": "Bryan Krause", "author_id": 63475, "author_profile": "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/63475", "pm_score": 4, "selected": true, "text": "(*note: I'm writing this in my personal voice rather than with my moderator hat on, nothing here is endors...	2021/10/04	[ "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/5021", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/103617/" ]
5,029	A question was recently asked about the [gender distribution of the 2021 Nobel Prize laureates](https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/176577/has-the-nobel-foundation-said-anything-about-the-skewed-gender-ratio-in-the-2021). I cast the deciding "close as off-topic" vote on this question. I felt this question was ...	[ { "answer_id": 5030, "author": "henning", "author_id": 31917, "author_profile": "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/31917", "pm_score": 3, "selected": false, "text": "To repeat my comment here: awards are on-topic. We even have an [awards](https://academia.stackexchange.com/qu...	2021/10/11	[ "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/5029", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/73/" ]
5,038	By far our most useful canonical question is: [How does the admissions process work for Ph.D. programs in the US, particularly for weak or borderline students?](https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/38237) Recently, Buffy drafted [a new canonical question](https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/176908/how...	[ { "answer_id": 5039, "author": "cag51", "author_id": 79875, "author_profile": "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/79875", "pm_score": 2, "selected": false, "text": "One thing we should discuss is: **Are there any places where it makes sense to have one answer that covers multi...	2021/10/20	[ "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/5038", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/79875/" ]
5,045	I had [suggested](https://academia.stackexchange.com/tags/synonyms?tab=Newest&filter=Suggested) a tag synonym for a tag that was likely created due to a typo a few months ago, but it seems that the queue is not monitored. I also had a few more suggestions to clean up some redundant tags, so I decided to make a post. I ...	[ { "answer_id": 5046, "author": "cag51", "author_id": 79875, "author_profile": "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/79875", "pm_score": 4, "selected": true, "text": "Thanks for bringing this up! Indeed, it seems like the \"canonical\" process of waiting for 4 approvals is broken...	2021/10/30	[ "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/5045", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/68109/" ]
5,047	Should questions that focus on the effects of ADHD on academics and students be on or off topic? For example: [Survive the postdoc stage having ADHD](https://academia.stackexchange.com/q/177484/75368). And the OP has added a new tag. I'm of mixed feelings about whether to expand the wiki or delete the tag [adhd](https...	[ { "answer_id": 5051, "author": "EarlGrey", "author_id": 128758, "author_profile": "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/128758", "pm_score": -1, "selected": false, "text": "ADHD is defined as a mental illness or a mental disorder, so it should fall under the health category.\n\n...	2021/11/02	[ "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/5047", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com", "https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/75368/" ]