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Why are you abiding by WPSE mods asking you to close my question?

Just my understanding of things, but the entire SE network was created to inspire strictly answerable questions1, as at the time there were innumerable options for open discussion but it was often dif …
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Labor action notice

Today, 5th June, is the beginning of a strike by many StackExchange moderators over the recent policy announcement by StackExchange staff around handling AI and Large Language Model (LLM) generated content … The strikers will be ceasing moderation activities until this policy is reversed. Also of note, this includes halting the SmokeDetector anti-spam bot. …
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Labor action notice

clear answer, but one area that does seem to be affecting these numbers is the ban-rate of active users; a rate which has rocketed up in the wake of AI/LLM usage being deemed acceptable for sites to set policy
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Stack Overflow Inc. changes policy regarding enforcement of AI-Generated posts

As per this post: What is the network policy regarding AI Generated content? … Although the guidance given in this public post is somewhat different from what was discussed a day earlier in a private moderator-only post, the effective policy is basically the same: Moderators on …
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Stack Overflow Inc. changes policy regarding enforcement of AI-Generated posts

I am opposed to the new policy, and to how it was rolled out. I have concerns about Stack Exchange's actions, and I have been sharing those concerns in multiple venues. … I'm not defending the SE policy. I'm advocating for precision in our statements, as we critique the policy. …
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Stack Overflow Inc. changes policy regarding enforcement of AI-Generated posts

So they don't give communities autonomy they've had previously on moderation, but rather stick a centralized policy. This is not gonna strengthen the community. …
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ChatGPT answers not permitted

I am posting this as a new policy for ServerFault, but it has not yet been discussed among users or moderators of the site. … It is a starting point for a policy, I fully expect it to evolve based on discussion here. …
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Why doesn't ServerFault allow questions about unsupported hardware/software platforms?

Additionally, it seems like this policy would be a problem for existing questions whenever a platform reaches end-of-life or a company goes out of business. …
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Why doesn't ServerFault allow questions about unsupported hardware/software platforms?

The policy does not apply to existing answered questions, although there is nothing wrong with closing old unanswered questions for products and platforms that are end of life. …
Greg Askew's user avatar
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ChatGPT answers not permitted

So just as the informal policy on ChatGPT answers is that they'll be dealt with quickly and harshly, ChatGPT questions will also be dealt with - maybe a bit less harshly if they seem to be reasonably motivated …
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Should we encourage edit suggestions to be re-submitted until they are approved?

I feel like this encourages a "mommy said no, so I'll get permission from daddy" situation that doesn't directly violate any policy, yet seems like an attempt to sidestep the moderation tools. …
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AWS will be sponsoring Server Fault

Do not Stack Exchange have any supplier ethics policy or similar guidelines? I get that AWS probably is not the worst place to work. But it is still owned by and supports Amazon. …
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More detail about reasons for question closure, please

But I would like to be clear about SF policy for future reference and to that end would like more detail about what the matter was with this question, if possible. …
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More detail about reasons for question closure, please

There is no policy or general SE guideline for how to handle questions that turn out to be based on mistakes or misunderstandings. …
Ward - Trying Codidact's user avatar
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Thread closed as off-topic - perhaps some slack needed?

Topic at hand: Advice needed on migrating shares from a 2003 DC to a new 2012: how can I avoid breaking my software install GPOs? Long story short: I'm not an avid writer in the discussions here. Comi …

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