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Is it right to post the same answer twice?

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Do reopen votes expire or disappear?

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Is this user “shadow banned” here (1 rep seems to make no sense, but there's no ban message)?

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Should we test lowering the vote to close and reopen threshold?

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Many deleted users

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Thanks to let me write “lagrangian” in lowercase

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Can this question be salvaged? (updated)

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2019: a year in moderation

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Creating a community wiki post for special relativity questions about comparing events in different reference frames

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Stop killing suggested edits in the name of “conflicted with a subsequent edit”

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Is there any way to retract my suggested edit?

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About molecules tag

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Why has this question been closed?

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Merge [group-representations] with [representation-theory] [duplicate]

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My question was closed on Phys.SE. Can you recommend me another internet site where my question might be on-topic?

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Can I ask about these shoes from Dr.Stone? [duplicate]

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Is there some rule regarding a user posting the same answer at different (but similar) questions?

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Downvoting costs one reputation point

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Asking physics joke questions

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Completely changing a question vs asking a new question [duplicate]

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New notice banners

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