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I had a question a while back about two contemporary Jewish figures that got closed for being about Jews not Judaism (Did R Aaron Feldman and R Lichtenstein ever meet before the latter's death?) That's understandable, but I'm curious if someone can articulate this rule more generally. For example "...

Has anyone made a shu"t mi yodea? Something like organizing the questions here in order of the shulchan aruch? Not sure if this question is on topic in any way but I had to ask.

What does the Mi Yodeya tree pictured on this site's banner represent? Is there any Jewish symbolism involved?

BS"D I need to scrap the Mi Yodea site, to parse it as one Question and one Answer. I am part of ravgpt.ai, which refers in it's answer to the source. Should I use the title as the question, or take the question itself, or have a rule to take the question if it's less than X characters? Should I...

See a screenshot of what a search of "mi yodeya" yields.

There is a user here who regularly makes comments that are similar to: "This answer comes from a Litvak and it should be known that the Litvish are actually a group who have produced an inauthentic approach to Torah due to their mistaken, and suspicious beliefs, and have used their large numbers...

Recently I noticed that there's a user "Rabbi Michael Tzadok" on Mi Yodeya, who doesn't seem to have been active for a good number of years, but nevertheless appears to be the same person as Thomas Elk (aka Michael Elkohen), the exposed missionary who pretended to be an Orthodox Jew in Eretz Yisr...

I asked this question a couple minutes ago, and it got closed within less than a minute after its publication without any reason noted. It is closed as off-topic, but this is a historical question (tagged by it) about Judaism. I asked the justification in a comment in the cited question thread, b...

I just saw the first question quoting ChatGPT and asking whether the quote is accurate. Is this or should this be an ongoing feature of MY? The ChatGPT does give references; perhaps the OP should just look them up himself??

There is a red circle near the ikon for "Review Queues" and when I click on it, it shows a red circle for "low quality" posts. When I click on that, it indicates that the Review Queue has been cleared. This seems like something that should be fixed.

My original question was (and still is): Lighting Shabbat candles is a holy obligation for me. Have a scheduling conflict w-leading services for Seniors @ an assisted living facility. HELP! [closed] I noticed "things look different" ... but was more concerned about seeking advice re: my question ...

This might go better on the general stack exchange meta, but I think it should start here, in a community that might hear the point better. We can't deny human nature[citation needed?]. In general, apart from the most logical, most people have a natural tendency to want to say thank you, give a c...

As we say goodbye to the old year and welcome the new one, we have a tradition of sharing moderation stats for the preceding calendar year. As most of you here are aware, sites on the Stack Exchange network are moderated somewhat differently to other sites on the web: We designed the Stack Exch...

I am trying to get to the bottom of what Mi Yodeya is all about. It's hard. Is it a place to ask halacha? Find out about tradition? Get answers to assist with homework questions? Run ideas by each other? Jewish history? Get help with sources? The highest scoring question of all time: Implication...

As I've been using the website I've come across many users who either from their pictures or from context don't seem Jewish. Just curious how any users are actually Jewish? Orthodox? And if not, then how and why did you get on this website? I'm sure their are many interesting stories... do share!

Having looked at this and this, it seems that moderation here isn't based on politics, including the "politics" of what is kefira or not, or conspiracy, but simply the rules laid out by Stack Exchange and Mi Yodeya. However, it seems it hasn't been asked if all posts are expected to follow halach...

A while ago I Asked a question: Is there a website that has a list of Roshei Teivot in text format? Since I couldn't find a good resource for my answer, I have decided to create my own solution. This solution is an app I created. So, I have posted an answer to my question saying: Since I haven't...

Earlier today I quoted an article published by Mechon Mamre with no written author. The article is: https://mechon-mamre.org/jewfaq/animals.htm The quote I used from them as a source was "Under Jewish law, animals have some of the same rights as humans do. Animals rest on Shabbat, as humans do. ...

I've been wondering recently, whether MY should allow or discourage using different Jewish titles in usernames, in particular rabbi and similar. As on the Internet, nobody knows you're a dog, it gives a kind of false credibility to the given user and her/his posts, which we might want to avoid. I...

In a online shiur of דוד צבי רוזנבוים, a song is played (see: 35:00) and I recognise it, but can't find it. I am looking for someone that knows the song, but I am not sure if it is allowed to ask this on MY.

I am very new to stack exchange and have found several times my comments have been deleted. I really feel bad and hope I am not setting a bad impression because I am ignoring some rule that I must have missed about what counts as a productive comment. I have read the site tour. Occasionally I ind...

Would it be possible to provide an optional Dark Theme for this site? To pre-empt a possible recommendation for using extensions, I have tried many of these and they all have had one of two problems: They simply don't work very well, often leaving vital elements invisible. They contain unwanted ...

I've noted that older answers generally got way more votes, answers, and "solveds" compared to usual. I am a new user here so I envy what this site once had and would like to do something towards helping bring it back to how it was. This trend seems to be taking place across a lot of stack exchan...

B"H One has the option to add multiple answers to the same question. The question now is, that there is a character limit for each answer. If one has a very detailed answer that would best be answered by going beyond that limit, is one allowed to make a "part 2" answer? Specifically thinking abou...

What is the halachic status of adult conjoined twins? Background in Christianity SE I'm Catholic. It occurred to me recently I never bothered to look this up for the case of 1 set of reproductive organs. I tried asking this in Christianity SE Conjoined twins and marriage and sex And then I was a...

I am experiencing a recent bug and wondering if anyone else is having the problem and/or knows the fix. I recently replied to a question that directed to me in a comment on a question. I typed the reply and hit send and the reply failed. The message I got was to try logging out and logging back i...

On my recent post: What is the order of mitzvot importance? I responded to a comment with a meaningful and helpful response. Why was my comment removed?

Shalom. I am a Noachide from the U.K. I visited the site yesterday (Rosh Hashanah) and noticed that there were unanswered / unfielded questions here. I thought to myself, 'If a Gentile has asked a question here, and does not receive an answer, then they may, in their ignorance, think Israel is ig...

I asked a legitimate question about a gemara and how it relates to people who are born LGBTQ. The question was closed without an answer, and without a private message. Is there any way to contact the moderators and ask them to clarify? Calling a question that references LGBTQ people as "relating ...

Is there an age when rabbis are not allowed to give halachic rulings. Until what age is a rabbi allowed to give a halachik ruling, I don’t mean learning, I mean Psak Halacha and or psak din.

How can I delete my comments IN A CHAT? Deleting REGULAR comments (on a question) is easy - there's a button right next to it, but I can't find the delete option in chat.

I'm new here, and I can't seem to find an option to direct message another user, nor did I find this discussed in the meta or in the help. Does Mi Yodeya have such a feature? If not, is there some practical workaround?

I answered a question on Tablet K with a link to a blog. It was erased due to "stories heard through the grapevine". However, the blog post I linked is a first-person account under a real name. The person is easily verifiable online. This is not a story heard through the grapeline, but an Eid Ech...

I created a Jewish app, and I was wondering if I can post a link to the app on Mi Yodeya, would that be considered Spam?

Shalom, and blessings to everyone who uses this site properly. Inspired by this: SELICHOT Request for Forgiveness I humbly ask forgiveness of anyone I have offended or upset while using this site, and seek reconciliation where possible. I’ve posted some bad questions, presumptuous questions and p...

This is an unhelpful and unfriendly forum. Every question gets closed, it's nothing but nit picking, and you will close a question without actually address the content of it. BYE! PS Visit reddit for actual helpful answers!

I recently asked the following question: Does Deuteronomy 22:1-3 apply to stray pets (e.g., dogs)? It seems the answer is "Yes." However, I'm not sure whether it applies if I live with my parents, and they tell me to avoid stray dogs since such animals may be dangerous. I wonder if I would be exe...

BH Hi I have this post PTIJ: are beggars obligated to follow hasagas gvul? which was closed because some people didnt get the joke, but i would like to reopen it the joke is that beggars think theyre going to business when begging, so maybe they should have to follow hasag gvul. but the reality i...

BH Just wondering what the proper procedure should be taken if it, theoretically, becomes clear that a particular moderator continues to break policy rules and/or is just plain power hungry and starts deleting valid questions and comments without any discussion etc., I haven't found anything in t...

According to משניות מטא (Purim Torah policy - Allowed, but regulated) ...Three are Purim Torah, a tag, a title and a disclaimer. Rebbi Yitzchok says that all are required... What happens if one only includes one or two of the three? Is the punishment מלקות or something else? This question is...

I recently came across user Sola Gratia. "Sola Gratia" is a Christian concept. Their profile pic is a cross. Although this user's answers don't seem to include anything inherently Christian he doesn't usually quote Jewish sources other than the Tanakh. It doesn't sit right with me to have a user ...

We currently allow Purim Torah only in Adar Sheni (in the case of leap years). Is there any advantage to not opening up this tag to be available in Adar Rishon as well? As a user I would rather enjoy an extra month of Purim Torah.

As we say goodbye to the old year and welcome the new one, we have a tradition of sharing moderation stats for the preceding calendar year. As most of you here are aware, sites on the Stack Exchange network are moderated somewhat differently to other sites on the web: We designed the Stack Exch...

Questions that are closed still appear on the page I see from MY. When they are immodest, I would rather they did not appear (e.g. this one). How can I suppress the appearance of closed questions? related: What should we do with posts closed as too immodest?

I asked the question When visiting the cemetery do we say משיב הרוח ומוריד הגשם in the blessing of אֲשֶׁר יָצַר אֶתְכֶם בַּדִּין? and later answered it: we do not say משיב הרוח ומוריד הגשם after אַתָּה גִבּוֹר לְעוֹלָם אֲדֹנָי מְחַיֵּה מֵתִים אַתָּה רַב לְהוֹשִׁיעַ recited in the cemetery. The n...

My question is if we can close questions asking for equivalences between Judaism and psychological theories as cognitive psychologies or other therapies, as questions asking about comparative religions. My opinion is that is the same kind of questions.

According to Mi Yodeya rules, once someone has offered a bounty it cannot be reversed. My issue with this is, that sometimes no adequate answer has been given and one is still forced to give the bounty. Could there be an option, that if a moderator agrees that the question hasn't been answered ad...

I used Isaac Moses' request that everyone update posts missing image descriptions and modified it to show lastest posts first. See his post for more information to understand why these descriptions are important. I stumbled onto Mi Yodeya quite by accident, editing image descriptions, as I starte...

Tosfos Within the Same Mesechta Who is the voice of Tosafoth? Tosfos vs Tosfos HaRosh The above 3 questions relate to the history of the printing and editing of the Tosaphos collections. This page, and the document in the 1st post, is the summary around but is not linked in any of them. Is it pre...

We're almost halfway through 2021, and in case you missed it, Community Promotion Ads are gonna be a bit different this time! TL;DR: submit and vote for ad proposals before August 2nd! What are Community Ads? Community Ads are community-vetted advertisements that will show up on the main site, or...