I have tried searching for a statement (a quote) that is made in a comment, with zero results. For example, if I search for comment "news in 1983", which is an exact quote for my own comment, I get zero results in search. The comment I made is found here In chat room, it was suggested tha...

I read the following comment on meta: So far everyone has missed the REAL reason why SE sites will always be freely-accessible: legions of insanely-pedantic users. Doesn't it go against the be-nice policy (http://meta.stackexchange.com/help/be-nice: "Name-calling. Focus on the post, not th...

There has been some concerns on how bumping can be abused to garner some extra reputation. I'm going to question the opposite. A scenario where not bumping can be abused. Today of all days, a post was reported by Smoke Detector in Charcoal HQ and while it was obviously spam, it was deleted so fa...

From time to time you encounter a meaning request, and provide a word which is obviously directly relevent. You reference your definition, provide a sample phrase etc. Yet someone still downvotes your answer. For clarification I am referring to questions here that are well formed. My question ...

My question Here's one for the Brits I guess was edited five times, beginning with the title. It is now unrecognizable; a whole different question. Not my question; not anymore. I asked whether "blag" was the British equivalent of "chutzpa," because I remembered reading something to that e...

Japanese Language's first moderator election* has come to a close, the votes have been tallied, and the 3 new moderators are: They'll be replacing the pro tempore crew shortly — please thank them for volunteering, and share your assistance and advice with them as they learn the ropes! And d...