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This tag is aimed for discussions about etiquette: how to behave on the site and the chat.

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Joke answer to a joke question?

Please do not post joke answers in response to joke questions. My reasoning has three parts (the first two are SE specific and are linked, while the other is common internet protocol): Joke Questions …
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Behavior about answering and voting for closing a question.

In general, I agree with This is much healthier: if you vote to close a question and answer it, you're being tacky. Effectively, you're saying "I'm getting the rep from this question, and I'm not sha …
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About not upvoted, answered questions

Probably about 90% of the time, I will upvote the question if I answer it. However, there are some times that I think the question is very poorly described and/or the person asking didn't provide any …
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Should answer votes be cast based on their accesibility to the asker?

My personal opinion is that no,votes should be cast based on the answer's validity/clarity, independent of who asked the question. This is consistent with the StackExchange mindset of being a reposit …
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