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For questions designed to solicit opinions or best-practices on a particular topic, with the goal of reaching community consensus.
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Too many off-topic flags?
I tend to give those questions the benefit of the doubt, as giving some discussion of options and merits is a useful exercise for future readers, even if there is some subjectivity afoot. …
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Are questions about facial hairstyles on-topic?
I don't see why this wouldn't be on topic, as long as it is specific to travel. You're posing the question in light of someone not familiar with the customs and practices of a country, so I think it …
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Can I ask questions regarding towing here?
I think you could make an argument that they're on topic. However, parking laws in North America (U.S. and Canada, at least) are municipal, so they are going to vary widely by area. They will likely …
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How should I ask a question about a short connection?
Here are the factors I would want to know to answer this question:
Through what airports are you flying? For airports with multiple terminals, if you are connecting at such airports, from what term …
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Are questions about driving/traffic regulations on topic?
If the questions relate to travel, I'm good with them being asked and answered here.
Some of these questions could be:
unique or unusual laws, restrictions, requirements etc.
licensing requirements …
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These edits cleaning up the language, shouldn't have been rejected
Toilets are an awkward topic, and the tone of language of the original answer is slightly on the tongue-in-cheek side (but only slightly). I think it's quite appropriate given the topic.
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On closing questions as primarily opinion-based
For example, "what is the best way to get from London to Paris" can really be treated as a question about what the options are, and a discussion of the advantages and disadvantages of them are. …
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How to handle people editing questions for nefarious reasons?
Perhaps we could just agree that we will prefer Kiev/Kyiv instead of either separately, if there is some sort of clear respect issue that some of our users are facing if we use one to the exclusion of …
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Why was the question "Why do some boarding passes fail to mention when gates close?" closed ...
I didn't vote to close your question - I voted against the closure - but I didn't know the answer to it, unfortunately. I think it's a fair and reasonable question.
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2018 Community Moderator Election Results
Users may not have noticed, but the voting was at an all-time high for this Stack. Quite impressive. (No moderator election here has had this many votes, ever.)
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What is the stance on unfamiliar English words?
"Please don't pluck the flowers" has a pretty clear meaning, even if it's an Indian usage, but "prepone" doesn't have clear meaning to non-Indian speakers. I think choosing phrasing that will be easy …
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Are questions about traveling while under legal disabilities acceptable for this site?
I think these are all pretty fair questions.
I'd want to be careful about encouraging questions surrounding illegal activity. Want to know how to evade a travel restriction? We're not the forum for …
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2018 Moderator Election Q&A - Questionnaire
Do you believe that travel.stackexchange "isn't very welcoming?" If so, how will you address that as a moderator?
I think it can be, principally when it comes to questions that are closed w …
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Burninate the "visit" tag
Works for me. It's hard to imagine a useful usage case for it.
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Is there any nuance to the price-shopping policy?
Personally, I answer all such questions, and vote for them to stay open, if the answer will have long-term longevity for future readers.
What's the cheapest pre-paid SIM card to use in France? There …