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Nomination for GeneJ [Decision Deferred] On a new beta site, patience is an important quality, perhaps more so than any other quality listed in A Theory of Moderation -- a must read for any potential …

Let me address the issue with accepting answers as I feel you've brought up an important point that needs to be shared. Keep in mind that the goal of any Stack Exchange site is to be a resource of k …

It seems like it would be too early to exclude these questions, and they do seem very much a part of Genealogy and Family History. After all, keeping such journals and documentation now may help futur …

To avoid scaring off new users while still setting the bar for quality, I suggest doing the following: Edit and improve questions and answers if you see a way to fix problems with them. This shows n …

UPDATE: While I don't think we'll find an official answer from the Stack Exchange team on MSO, this answer on the question, Editing policy is contradictory and unclear, explains how to use this marku …

I'm going to take Justin's list and add a 4th: 1) General software support - How do I install my genealogy software? My datafile is corrupt, how can I recover? How should I backup my datafile? …

These posts should be flagged for moderator attention, using the "it needs ♦ moderator attention" > other" option. Let the moderator know that there is sensitive personal information included in a pos …

The problem with list type questions is: They attract a lot of spam. They tend to generate link-only answers or one-liners. They eventually become outdated, oftentimes quite quickly. It's difficult …

JustinY asked What should our FAQ contain? This is one of the 7 essential meta questions that we must answer in order to form a healthy community. One of the items that needs to go in the FAQ is the …

Justin808 brought up a good question about how to handle sensitive personal information. Since Genealogy does deal with information that could potentially be used against someone, it's worth mentionin …

In any technical field, whether it be Software Development or Genealogy, the goal is to find solutions to problems. In Genealogy, the approach to solving a problem reminds me a lot of programming. I'm …

I agree that English is the official language here, and I agree it can be any regional dialect of that English. With that said, I've edited posts before thinking that I was helping by fixing what see …

You can create pages and groups, but you'd need to be aware of the Stack Exchange Trademark Guidance. One of the community managers asked me to remove a logo I had on a Facebook page, since it would …

It will eliminate a lot of back and forth discussion, and also get you closer to several of the badges geared specifically towards editing. Lastly, the same applies to other issues with a post. …

I don't think Andrew was trying to imply that people were slacking. Stack Exchange Q&A sites work a little differently than traditional forums. Most forum posts are just random snapshots of the Intern …