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The question you're asking is designed to solicit opinions or best-practices on a particular topic, with the goal of reaching community consensus.

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Our two year anniversary is coming up, how should we celebrate?

PMI grants CPE/PDU for blogging on their site. I wonder who we'd need to contact to arrange credit for answering questions here.
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Can we develop a "should slug"?

I've seen a few too many questions that begin "Should X do Y"? To my mind those are intrinsically subjective questions and a bad fit for StackExchange. Should is always evaluated against some exter …
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Shall this site have an specific definition of "shopping question"?

Interesting question. I concur with the other answers, but I'll add that "What's the best way to..." is semantically similar to "What's the prettiest girl..." - the answer depends on the requirement …
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How to ask for peer feedback on a free MVP of a pm related product here?

Then you could post your product as an answer, and treat alternative answers as part of the discussion. You need to reveal your affiliation; be very transparent. …
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How should we adapt the "What is an acceptable answer" post to fit PMSE?

I'll step up to arrogance and offer some opinions. First, I really like the question; I wish that other SE sites took this kind of care. I think that there are couple of clusters here. Like @CodeGno …
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Revisiting Tool Recommendation Questions

I believe this question should be closed. Our community consensus on tool recommendations seems to be evolving. I think that the referenced question is outside our desired scope. I don't think it is …
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Let's get critical: Dec 2013 Site Self-Evaluation

This is a request for a discussion (might not be intended to be a request for discussion, but the only possibly response to “How can I get my teammates to behave more like me and stop having opinions/habits … is a discussion – a pointless, discussion which is almost guaranteed to be counterproductive. …
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Does our site need active editors?

Things that would facilitate more editing: Editing Standards/guidelines If we collectively define quality, then I'm more likely to edit towards quality. Editing conventions are, in my opinion, the m …
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Let's get critical: Mar 2014 Site Self-Evaluation

My evaluation methodology remains the same: copy the text of the question and do a google search; look for the first non-pm answer and determine if it is better or worse than the given answer. Then I …
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How Should Our Community Handle Questions Asked From Non-PM Perspectives?

Personally I would prefer a site that is narrowly scoped around practical problems in project management. I think Mr. Willeke articulates one vision for PM:SE very well - it is a valid vision, but …
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Why do some moderators use handles instead of their real names?

Because freedom. I infer from your question that you prefer a strongly attributed community - one with real names and images. I respectfully disagree with you. It is difficult to ask any questi …
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Candidates to merge?

I think they are distinct, but that merging them will create a question/answer with more value.
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Should we accept tool recommendations?

The FAQ discourages tool recommendations - it specifically says that this site is not for tool recommendations. Tool recommendations tend to be localized (localized in time - because one version of …
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Uncommented downvotes

I hear you - but on other sites where I participate, explanations on comments are invitations to personal abuse. This leads to arguments in comments which, IMHO, damage the site far more than the unc …
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What is the correct etiquette on discovering a "dodgy" question?

Closing a quesition also frequently inspires us to start a discussion in Meta to see if we can identfiy which portions of the question are dross, and which are of value. …
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