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11:24 AM

Q: What qualifies as "extended discussion" needing moving to chat?

After flagging this answer (I flagged the answer, not the comments, and wasn't complaining about the comments), the comments were moved into chat with the message "Comments are not for extended discussion; this conversation has been moved to chat." Though there are a few comments made, as far as...

Andrew Grimm

J. P. Morgan

John Pierpont "J.P." Morgan (April 17, 1837 – March 31, 1913) was an American financier and banker who dominated corporate finance and industrial consolidation during his time. In 1892, Morgan arranged the merger of Edison General Electric and Thomson-Houston Electric Company to form General Electric. He was instrumental in the creation of the United States Steel Corporation. At the height of Morgan's career during the early 1900s, he and his partners had financial investments in many large corporations and had significant influence over the nation's high finance and United States Congress members...

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Dawny33

2:15 PM

Hey folks, a doubt here:

There is this thing: "Smoking in Oklahoma is legal when there are less than 15 people in the room"

which is said by the character "Chandler" from the sitcom "Friends".

So, would this make an on-topic question here? I really wanted to know whether that's true or not, as I didn't find anything useful by googling!

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Nostradamus

4:56 PM

Q: Merging of accounts?

So at one point I had made an account here, but over the course of log in attempts, moving around, job, etc. I totally lost track of it. So I made a new account (this one), and have been happily enjoying the site again. Is there any way to merge these two accounts? Can the mods tell that these ...

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Nostradamus

9:25 PM

Q: Do We Answer Claims or the Arguments They Come From?

I'm new to Skeptics.SE, coming from other .SE sites. Questions here often seem to have two components: a broad argument and a specific claim. My understanding is that a good answer authenticates or verifies the specific claim (which is often a matter of fact), rather than the broad argument (wh...

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Nostradamus

11:34 PM

Q: What's wrong with "hoax" questions?

We occasionally get questions with a title like "Is [Product Name] a hoax?" (or equivalently "Is [Product Name] a scam?" Those questions tend to attract major edits. Why?