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18 questions linked to/from Should we require references to back up all answers?
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A better way of presenting references
In a field like Health, references are obviously critical. That's not to say they should be necessary in every question (see here for that debate), but the hyperlink 'click here' format in the last ...
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OMG… A site about Health?
True Story — For thousands of years, the world's professional societies and religions have disseminated its teachings in arcane languages understood by few. It was believed that such knowledge in the ...
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Should answers in comments be immediately deleted?
We have discussed what our policy should be towards answers without references here and here, and have discussed answers in comments here. There seems to be a general consensus that answers of any ...
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Are we too harsh on new users?
I have developed a query to determine a SE site's "Welcoming Index", which is a measure of how well we treat new users compared to regulars.
http://data.stackexchange.com/health/query/328147/...
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How to encourage people to contribute?
Our site is facing an overrun of lack of moderation and few contributors. Of the ones who do, some of them may need guidance on how to develop quality answers.
I'm not blaming anyone- we all have ...
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Should I delete my account as an Ayurvedic physician?
I'm a holistic healer, an Ayurvedic professional. Ayurveda is an ancient medical science of India (dating centuries back). While I thought to join Health stack exchange to provide tips from my 8 yr of ...
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Feature Request: Remove Link Restriction
Update: The Limit has been increased network-wide to 8 lpp (links per post).
Does that suffice us, or de we need more, like Sceptics.SE (current 50 lpp)
We have a strict policy that answers need to ...
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Verification of moderator behavior [closed]
I feel that moderator Carey Gregory ♦ deleted my answer for no reason.
Answer: https://medicalsciences.stackexchange.com/a/20570/17223
I tried to answer the best I know.
Please, can this moderator ...
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References are not always necessary
References are not automatically required in any other StackExchange site, not even the ones that are much more based on rigorous scientific research. One adds them when necessary and appropriate. A ...
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Should answers without references be immediately deleted?
We have established that this site “strongly encourages” references in answers. Although it does not appear to reflect full consensus, I even upvoted the answer that states that we should require ...
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Is my answer missing credible references?
I've answered a general and speculative question:
How long should a person keep blood test results?
with an equally general and hypothetical answer (except for a tiny point which I've edited.)
Yet -...
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answer referring to hadithes deleted
my answer referring to stories about prophet muhammad is deleted.
and why it is deleted? a comment refers to meta q. #112
and i think this is not enough to delete it, because
it is just a question ...
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Shortcut for Request to Include sources
As was decided in this meta post, answers on Health.SE must be backed up with verifiable references, sources or evidence.
Because this is different in comparison to many other stack-exchange sites, ...
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The road to public beta: time to clean up Q&A on Health Stack Exchange
Well, this site's off to a roaring start!
Kudos to everyone who has participated thus far; lotta great information here, and some promising signs of life from folks who are interested in helping each ...
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Fixing Request for Sources Problem
Recently, I requested a shortcut [sources] for the comments to include sources.
Reading old questions and answers, I've come across the following banner below a question:
I assume it has been placed ...