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Q: Delete tags with two or fewer questions

NicI have identified several tags that are only applied to one or two questions. A recent moderation decision deleted the weight-loss tag because there are only two questions on the site about weight loss (plus one about weight gain). As discussed in chat with @Riker and supported by an edit review...

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Q: Add site suggestions for closing questions as off-topic

NicWhen voting to close a question as off-topic and selecting the option that says "This question belongs on another site in the Stack Exchange network" we see this screen which prompts us to select a more relevant site for the question. However, there are currently no transfer options except to th...

 
@TheGardener on topic elsewhere != off topic here
 
 
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Nic
2:57 PM
@Zanna personally I agree, which is why I didn’t actually vote to close those questions. I only provided those examples because they were consistent with criteria that had previously been suggested by Erica and upvoted by the community. We’re small enough for now that we can continue by feel, but at some point we might want a more rigorous definition of what it means to be relevant to vegetarianism.
 
 
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9:00 PM
@Zanna I looked quite hard for any scientific basis for the claims made by the organizaiton claiming 7%. There was nothing. It would be great if that was true, but I highly doubt it. It seems more like a market hype creation (since plant-based stuff is a hot topic in the food industry in UK now) than a serious survey effort.
 
 
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Nic
11:18 PM
@AlexanderRossa We saw some similarly astounding stats coming out here in Canada, but when I reached out to the researchers I got no response. (Contrast with previous times that I've emailed researchers and actually have received a response.)
I would really like to see an organization take on the role of performing these surveys on a regular basis with the same questions and methodology each time. I'm a little surprised that Faunalytics hasn't been doing that. Maybe it's just a cost thing?
 

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