@Shokhet in general duplicates are more benign -- instead of leading to a dead end (closed question) they lead to answers. But you've found an RFP that is a dupe of a non-RFP?
@Shokhet ah. I think that's the right call -- closing as duplicate leads to a broader (non-psak) question that also addresses this asker's question, so -- problem solved!
What? Socratic is awarded multiple times? And I was so relieved when I didn't have to schedule my questions to separate days anymore. Now I again have to pay attention to asking time? ;-( — Christian RauOct 19 '14 at 15:31
@Scimonster I thought we decided that a mi.y link was OK. This is not to say, of course, that the other link shouldn't be expanded on :) – Shokhet 6 hours ago
@Shokhet, 1) 2 upvotes doesn't necessarily imply consensus. 2) That "OK," such as it is, is for duplicate answers, while this ...
@Scimonster heh, that just happened an hour or two ago -- you're quick. :-) (I suspect that MSE and Workplace will bounce back and forth; on both sites the effects of a single post can be significant.)
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@YeZ voting on MSE is definitely weird sometimes. And with feature requests there is, alas, a lot of "well I wouldn't use that so it's no good". I've up-voted requests I don't care about or wouldn't use because the question spells out a convincing use case; I wish more people did that. (Your question wasn't that; I upvoted because I, too, want that feature.)
@MonicaCellio Right - the most ridiculous thing is "there are 500 upvotes on this feature request, but no one would use it because I don't like X about it"
@IsaacMoses I saw an MSE post a while ago about the possibility of blocking certain posts that were prone to spam edits from being edited by anonymous users. If it's not a problem anymore then we don't have to worry about it, but I'm fairly certain that something like that had been discussed before.
@YeZ Re: your current MSE initiative, I've found that there is a very strong cultural divide between people who are primarily used to small-town SE sites like ours and those primarily used to big-city ones like SO.
@IsaacMoses Yeah. My question fell into that pit, but I tried to bridge the gap with a follow up answer to a different question. It got more positive feedback, but of course the one detractor had to show up.
@IsaacMoses I've bumped into that divide before with some badge suggestions. I've all but given up on being involved in Meta because the big city folks run the show there. Happens to be this particular issue has a +500 voted question associated with it, so there is clearly some more general interest. I just wanted to renew the discussion.
@IsaacMoses What they really need is a specific Meta for small sites. The problem is, SE implements policies across the whole network, not just on specific groups of sites, so it wouldn't really accomplish much other than getting to express our opinions without being bullied.
I'd post a MSE post about it, but it'd get squashed by the big city mafia :(
@YeZ ... and the intent is for small sites to eventually become big sites
@YeZ I don't think anyone's being malicious. It's just that the experience on large and small SE sites is qualitatively different, so their denizens' assumptions are, too.
@IsaacMoses I don't know if the mafia means to be malicicious either. They just want things to be done their way. (OK, so they're a bit malicious, but it's a style).
Inspired by this question: Prayer for changing name for transgender reasons?
While the subject of transgendered individuals has been discussed, I was wondering if it is possible, from a hashkafic sense, for someone to receive an opposite-gendered soul?
If so, how is this idea discussed?
I apologize if this is a sensitive topic, but it seems that this question is foundational to some of the discussions that appear here. I hope that my wording is appropriate.
If I understand correctly, halacha identifies four gender categories (זכר, נקבה, אנדרוגינוס, and טומטום). This status has ...
@TRiG well, I'm looking for a single tag, ideally, that applies to all questions related to gender and gender identity that aren't specifically about men or specifically about women.
I don't know the political ramifications of agender, and I suspect that genderqueer doesn't cover some cases. First, androgyny. Second, I'm guessing that some transgender folks don't think of themselves as "queer" -- the ones I know, at least, are quite comfortable in their identity; it's their bodies they think are wrong. (My sample size is limited, however.)
One thing I don't know nearly enough about is how culturally distinctive the labels are. The way Western culture divides up the sexuality/gender space as two distinct axes (one running gay->bi->straight, the other running male->agender/genderqueer->female) is not the same way some other cultures divide up that space.
India and Thailand, and at least some Native American cultures (though the latter these days are heavily influenced by general Western culture), at least, have had gender and sexuality terms which don't map to ours.
@Scimonster I thought we decided that a mi.y link was OK. This is not to say, of course, that the other link shouldn't be expanded on :) – Shokhet 6 hours ago
@Shokhet, 1) 2 upvotes doesn't necessarily imply consensus. 2) That "OK," such as it is, is for duplicate answers, while this ...
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