Linked Questions
12 questions linked to/from Autofilters for Hot Network Questions
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2020 Moderator Election Q&A - Questionnaire
In connection with the 2020 moderator election, we are holding a Q&A thread for the candidates. Questions collected from an earlier thread have been compiled into this one, which shall now serve ...
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2018 Moderator Election Q&A - Questionnaire
In connection with the moderator elections, we are holding a Q&A thread for the candidates. Questions collected from an earlier thread have been compiled into this one, which shall now serve as ...
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Which words (if any) in the title of a question should prevent inclusion in the HNQ list?
In a recent post Autofilters for Hot Network Questions the possibility was raised to created a list of words which when contained in a title of a question would prevent the question from being ...
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Should the site have an automatic word filter for titles?
Math.SE has a problem with titles. The percentage of questions with the redundant word question in the title is highest on Stack Exchange, by far. Plenty of titles consist of other mostly useless ...
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Under what criteria should we remove questions from the HNQ list?
Since the Hot Network Questions list was revamped 6 months ago, moderators have had the power to remove questions from the list. As Catija, the community manager for the SE network says,
I ...
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Request for input: What makes a good title?
In the last couple of weeks we have been polling for opinion about a possible list of words (or phrases) that will filter questions out of the HNQ list.
(See this which evolved into a poll and a ...
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Which are blacklisted tags and blacklisted phrases?
There are many tags which are blacklisted. And so are some strings/words/phrases in the title.
Is it possible to have a list of them publicly available somewhere?
As I was told by a moderator in ...
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What is the goal of having questions from Math.SE in the SE Network Hot Questions List?
The acronym "HNQ" has been mentioned a lot recently. Regarding Hot Network Questions (HNQ), there was a question on Meta Stack Exchange: What is the Goal of "Hot Network Questions"?
In the ...
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Mod removing questions out of HNQ
It has been observation as of late that moderator Asaf Karagila has been removing quite a bit of questions from HNQ. What is the basis for removal? and, under what circumstances is a moderator ...
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Is there a way to search for past HNQ?
Is there a way to search for past "Hot Network Questions"? It would be best if it included those that where removed by moderators for whatever reason)
Given that there is a discussion about HNQ, and ...
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Do we, the community, need a HNQ block list?
Short Version
The purpose of this post is to have a vote count of the community support/opposition of the recent HNQ block list proposal. If you don't want to read the long version of the post then ...
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HNQ-title ban list should be data-based; but we don't have the data
In reference to this discussion on title ban for HNQ
An empirical approach would be far better than what we're doing right now imo. More specifically, a keyword should be banned for HNQ if the ratio ...