8 votes

Suspension and length of suspension of irrespective of user merits?

The moderators won't discuss individual cases. Although the person in question has not been identified, everyone in the thread knows who it is, which leads to an uncomfortable mix of discussion of ...
Nick Cox's user avatar
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Can there be a "new in stats" thread or wiki added somewhere here?

The only way we could have it is to create a community wiki question that anyone could answer. There is no blog functionality in StackExchange.com, so it could only be a question with answers. There ...
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Adding a tag for general (non-specific) questions

At the very outset, let me share my own quick assessment of your cited examples (your own posts) based on the original forms (without looking at any of the comments, at first): $\bullet$ Are large ...
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Suspension and length of suspension of irrespective of user merits?

Echoing what Sycorax noted and what has been explained in this Meta post: How long do suspensions usually last for? It really depends on the mod or the user, but usually, via the system-recommended ...
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4 votes

Could we have a tag for question about books?

Any threshold for splitting/merging is somewhat arbitrary, but I personally think the references tag already meets our needs sufficiently. Specifics like books/textbooks/papers can be noted in the ...
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3 votes

How to detect and address wayward trends in questions?

That's a valid apprehension. I would be extra vigilant to discern any patterns in the posts of any of my followed tags. Is there a way to detect trends in questions when a "hot" topic ...
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3 votes

Can there be a "new in stats" thread or wiki added somewhere here?

I agree with @Tim's reasoning that a "everything new in stats" thread would be unmanageable and not very helpful. Part of the problem is the open-ended timeframe. One option might be to ask ...
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1 vote

Adding a tag for general (non-specific) questions

First cent: I had a short interaction in the comments about the question Do you lose information when you encode numerical columns with two values? and I didn't respond yet (instantly) to your reply ...
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