24
votes
January 2020 Moderator Election — Community Interest Check
Edit 2020-01-14: Due to yesterdays firing of two highly competent and popular community managers, I am no longer willing to take on any additional moderator roles within the Stack Exchange network.
I ...
- 11.9k
18
votes
Is it Starman or is it the Roadster?
Starman is in the Roadster, so therefore the correct tag should be Roadster. I think Starman should be a synonym of Roadster.
According to Space-Track, the name is "TESLA ROADSTER/FALCON 9H", so it ...
- 122k
18
votes
Shall we at least temporarily ban chatbot-generated content (e.g. ChatGPT) until it becomes clearer what it means for Stack Exchange?
I would happily ban it here, and on all sites, if possible, as it fundamentally just causes extra work for reviewers and moderators. It does not produce correct answers, but produces ones which sound ...
Rory AlsopMod
- 13.7k
17
votes
What exactly is "PR puffery"? Where exactly is the harm, and how to distinguish between that and prior research or just plain catchy title-izing?
Woke up this morning to this spat. Thought about starting another meta thread about "uhoh" questions, but decided my material was too thin for that. I do, however, feel compelled to weigh in....
- 1,585
16
votes
16
votes
16
votes
Accepted
Graduation of Space Exploration
I remember when this site was a rejected proposal on Area 51, and now here it is, all grown up:-) Congrats everyone!
- 122k
15
votes
Accepted
Why can't I ask my question about amateur space projects and development?
Advice about dangerous personal amateur projects is off-topic
Understand that space exploration is inherently dangerous. While there are some foolhardy people who have done amateur work in this area, ...
- 8,160
15
votes
Accepted
Should nonsensical question titles be edited?
Titles should give a reasonable expectation for what the question is about.
Drifting by, I could only deduce that the question was related to the international space station, which makes it a poor ...
15
votes
2020 Community Moderator Election Results
Thank you for your trust! I am looking forward to joining the other moderators in serving the community on Space Exploration.
Looks like I already joined, shortly is short indeed.
- 11.9k
15
votes
Accepted
What exactly is "PR puffery"? Where exactly is the harm, and how to distinguish between that and prior research or just plain catchy title-izing?
What exactly is (and isn't) "PR puffery" in the context of my question posts?
In general I would define "PR puffery" as using hyperboles and other "inflated" word usage ...
- 14.8k
14
votes
Accepted
Was reverting this edit correct?
IMHO you did the right thing. I was surprised at some of the very questionable edits that got approved recently.
Actually, I'd like to thank you for taking this action to improve the quality of the ...
- 189k
13
votes
Are unsourced yet "authoritative-sounding" answers proper here?
You're making mountains out of molehills here.
On the subject of PearsonArtPhoto mentioning their rep milestones in chat: it's entirely normal and reasonable to be proud of one's achievements. I don'...
- 101
13
votes
Are unsourced yet "authoritative-sounding" answers proper here?
There is a bit of an undefinable line here so I'll talk around what I see as the challenges:
It would be great if we could have 100% documentation for answers, but in reality we have some people here ...
Rory AlsopMod
- 13.7k
13
votes
Accepted
Why doesn't Space.SE have an icon?
Why doesn't Space.SE use icons yet?
A simple explanation is because the site is still in Beta. All Beta SE sites (except the sponsored one, like QuantumComputing.SE and ArtificialIntelligence.SE) ...
- 109
13
votes
Are "I suspect..." answers okay? What if we all started writing them?
The space industry as a whole doesn't always make all of its sources publicly available. Furthermore, many of the things that we talk about on this site are hypothetical situations. Sometimes getting ...
- 122k
13
votes
Graduation of Space Exploration
3000 days in beta really does fly by in an instant!
13
votes
I want to ask opinion-based questions to drive community engagement. Should I?
Although they are interesting, all your examples are off-topic.
If your motivation for asking the question is “I would like to participate in a discussion about ______”, then you should not be asking ...
- 189k
13
votes
Accepted
Please do not use code blocks formatting for text that is not code
This is one of the things we should heighten awareness of - I guess most of our reviewers are not visually impaired so in the review queue, this does look like a very minor edit.
However, as you point ...
Rory AlsopMod
- 13.7k
13
votes
Accepted
Downvoters targeting users
Thank you for bringing this to our attention. I will be checking this out but unfortunately due to privacy concerns, I won't be able to identify who is doing it publically. But I will work with the ...
- 101
13
votes
Should we consider unbanning ChatGPT generated content?
I would say absolutely not. Problems include:
Poor quality content when answering technical questions, which ours often are.
Even when it gets content correct, the posts are worse than human-written ...
Rory AlsopMod
- 13.7k
12
votes
Would putting links to Space Exploration Stack Exchange on websites be a good thing for this site?
Surely SE has no control over incoming links, even if they are coming from a site run by a moderator. Incoming links are usually good (unless Google have changed their algorithms again) aren't they?
...
- 533
12
votes
Accepted
Should we have a canonical response for folks intent on blowing themselves up?
Custom off-topic close reason:
Questions about dangerous amateur experiments, such as constructing your own engine or propellants are off-topic. Rockets and their propellants are INHERENTLY ...
12
votes
Accepted
Topicality of NATO phonetic alphabet
I don't feel too strongly about it, but I lean towards saying it's on-topic; we have a few "what does this terminology used by astronauts mean" questions, and just because the answer applies to ...
- 172k
12
votes
Do I police this site as if it were my own?
By @uhoh:
@AtmosphericPrisonEscape "unclear" is not an objective concept. It's quite clear to me
You have used this subjective phrasing before to justify actions. While pointing out how other's ...
- 3,015
12
votes
What exactly is "PR puffery"? Where exactly is the harm, and how to distinguish between that and prior research or just plain catchy title-izing?
What exactly is (and isn't) "PR puffery" in the context of my question posts?
The two very recent questions you yourself cited are perfect examples. There was no reason for the "they'...
- 77.4k
11
votes
Accepted
11
votes
Accepted
Will/would it be impossible for me to add a third bounty here? Why was 500 my only choice for #2?
The help centre says the following about bounties:
Additionally, if you offer multiple bounties on the same question, the
minimum spend doubles with each subsequent bounty (50 reputation on
the ...
11
votes
Accepted
Is there a way to tell how much the Apollo 11 50th anniversary bumped traffic to the site?
There was a nice bump, but it was nothing compared to the bump of the first Falcon Heavy launch. It was comparable to the bump in November of last year, which happened for a reason I can't figure out ...
- 122k
Only top scored, non community-wiki answers of a minimum length are eligible