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Bring your own framework
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We want a site that allows contributors to speak from within their framework. Overall, this broadens the appeal of the site, and it preserves the richness of expression when answers are given in the natural context of the one giving the answer, even if this means expressing one's framework or opinions as unqualified facts.
Our aim is to be 'expert' in the context of the internet. This will not be the best home for those who do not think deeply about the texts or those who cannot communicate clearly and effectively. But it is not our aim to be home only to academics or full-time theologians: that would narrow the user-base too far and not be sustainable.
Under this option is is generally OK to make statements that assert 'truth', omitting qualifications such as 'Group X believes…'.
This outcome is where we are currently heading. This is not a reason in itself for it to be chosen, but it is the least risky option. It's clear our traffic is growing, and altho
There have been a lot of discussions on meta about different aspects of site direction, but none directly focused on the fundamental question: What kind of site do we want to have? What should our culture be? In particular, what style of answers are we looking for?
This question is fundamentally about **where do we want to be in the end**, and not about *how we get there*.
**We all agree that contributions must 'show their work'. Exactly where and how we draw the line is an implementation detail and outside the scope of this question.**
We've provided answers that capture the main positions we know about. Please feel free to add your own if you have another outcome in mind.
Please up-vote answers you find acceptable, down-vote ones you don't, and abstain if you don't feel strongly either way. Please also up-vote the question no matter which of these you do, so we can gauge participation.
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jericson / autoreviewcomments.user.js
Created March 9, 2012 17:02 — forked from Benjol/autoreviewcomments.user.js
Add pro-forma comments dialog for reviewing (pre-flag)
// ==UserScript==
// @name AutoReviewComments
// @namespace benjol
// @version 1.1.9
// @description Add pro-forma comments dialog for reviewing (pre-flag)
// @include http://*stackoverflow.com/questions*
// @include http://*stackoverflow.com/review*
// @include http://*stackoverflow.com/admin/dashboard*
// @include http://*serverfault.com/questions*
// @include http://*serverfault.com/review*