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2025: a year in moderation
It’s that time of the year again! As we bid farewell to the year that's concluded and welcome the new one, we have a tradition of sharing moderation stats for the preceding calendar year.
As most of ...
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Why does a question close as soon as I vote to Close
For a while now, it seems to me that as soon as I vote to close a question (thinking it will require two more votes), it closes. And I see only my name on the close list. I am confused why as I am ...
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What is the point of precise questions if moderators allow answers not answering it to stand?
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Let's limit the question to GaN chargers for weight reasons and to chargers without legacy ports
Y'all refuse to remove https://hardwarerecs.stackexchange.com/a/18844/9588 despite it has ...
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Are (19 ″) rack-related questions on-topic?
I want to ask a question about whether some very specific (MOLLE) 19" rack drawers exist, and want to ensure that the question counts as “hardware”. I expect so, considering that I know of no ...
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10th Anniversary of Hardware Recommendations SE!
Next month Hardware Recommendations SE is turning 10 years old. Congratulations on asking, answering, voting, and building this community for a whole decade!
Whenever a Stack Exchange site turns 10 we ...
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How do I remove likely paid shilling?
https://hardwarerecs.stackexchange.com/a/18844/9588 this does not answer the question and it is of a company which has been caught lying about their safety certificates before https://reddit.com/r/...
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2024: a year in moderation
It’s that time of the year again! As we bid farewell to the year that's concluded and welcome the new one, we have a tradition of sharing moderation stats for the preceding calendar year.
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Why are technical specifications not "information that will lead to a product decision"?
I asked this question which was closed without explanation: Where are datasheets for Crucial products?.
While I agree that it is "not asking for recommendations",
I do not understand why the ...
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What can we do to help bring more attention and users to the SO site?
I have noticed that Stackoverflow in general doesn't have a solid base for tech support questions such as the hardware site, and the site is still in beta and to my knowledge it has been for a while. ...
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2023: a year in moderation
It’s that time of the year again! As we wave goodbye to last year and welcome the new one, we have a tradition of sharing moderation stats for the preceding calendar year.
As most of you here might be ...
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upvoting tech support questions
I have been closing some tech support questions lately but there seems to be someone out there that is upvoting them. Since they are off-topic, shouldn't they be downvoted and flagged (or I come ...
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2023 Community Moderator Election Results
Moderator election #2 on Hardware Recommendations has come to a close, the votes have been tallied, and the new moderator is:
They will be joining the existing crew shortly — please thank them for ...
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2023 Community Moderator Election
The 2023 Community Moderator Election is now underway!
Community moderator elections have three phases:
Nomination phase
Primary phase
Election phase
Most elections take between two and three weeks, ...
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Announcing a Pro Tempore election for 2023
Summary: Hardware Recommendations Stack Exchange will begin the nomination stage for a special election on October 17 to bring in 1 more moderator (to replace a moderator removed due to inactivity).
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Clarification on Audio Visual hardware recommendations
I can't see anywhere in the site scope, help or meta posts that specifically covers 'audio-visual' hardware - receivers, amps, speakers etc.
I mentioned in comments under A/V receiver that can ...