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Annotating common terminology/abbreviations
Does the stackexchange engine allow for some shorthands to be used for more descriptive terminology so as to not alienate newcomers/anyone else not familiar with the jargon? Hover on the below:
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Blatantly incorrect accepted answers?
A couple months ago, we got the question about the legality of playing online poker in the US. John Dibling wrote an informative answer that, unfortunately, is wrong on a couple of key points: ...
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How should we deal with really, really bad questions?
There are two questions I have seen that seem genuinely bad for the site. How should these questions and others like them be handled? As a mod, I am tempted to close/delete them, but I go back and ...
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New Beta Theme Launched
Your site looks a bit different today. Yes, we are getting rid of the 'Sketchy' look and replacing it with a more-polished and finished design for sites in beta.
You can read more about the redesign ...
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New tag name for Zoom/Rush poker?
I wanted to create a generic tag that covers this new format of poker without using the branding specifics of any one site, i.e. Pokerstars has "Zoom"; Full Tilt had "Rush" (if it ever comes back!).
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New tag sit and go / SNG
Is it possible to add a new tag for sit and go related content ?
It may be called "sng" or "sit and go".
Thank you.
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Are commitment requirements different for the Poker Stack Exchange?
Don't get me wrong, I'm pleased to have been marked as "Satisfying my Commitment" to this SE site, but doing so has confused me. Most of the Area51 discussion indicates that Commitment Satisfaction ...
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How long should we wait before answering our own questions?
With respect to this stackoverflow blog post, I again, recently encountered a problem that I have had a better understanding of for some time. It could be useful to post a Question/Answer pair on the ...
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Should “nlhe” and “texas holdem” be synonyms?
Currently these are our most used tags. That is something I would expect to remain constant. Any question that is tagged "nlhe" could also be tagged "texas holdem" however there is the potential for ...
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Moderator Pro Tem Announcement
Throughout the beta, we need members from the site whose focus is to engage the community, both in community-building issues and site management. That's why we select a few members from each community ...
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Shorthand dictionary needed
Do you guys think the poker stackexchange needs a short hand dictionary? For people not used to poker forums, saying things like "Villian was OOP UTG when he PFR for 3x the BB" is confusing. I don't ...
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Strategy for advertizing poker stackexchange
It seems like we need more users to really get this beta going. How do you guys want to promote this site? The easy solution is to post on popular poker forums like 2+2. Any other sites we should ...
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Should tags with “poker” in the name be allowed?
It seems silly to me to have "poker" in the tags on a poker site.
We currently have tags for "poker-theory" and "poker-tools". Should they stay as is, or be changed to "theory" and "tools"?
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What answer should I “Accept” if multiple answers are equally as useful?
Similar to "should-hand-histories-have-accepted-answers?", and pursuant to a comment I posted on this answer, What is the best solution to giving equal credit to equally useful multiple answers to a ...
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Is “discussion” a valid tag for the non-meta site?
There are currently two posts on the non-meta site using the discussion tag, and I'm inclined to think it should be removed from both. By the site's FAQ, we state that we want to avoid questions which ...
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Can we have a glossary of common abbreviations?
I'd like to participate more, but I'm finding the sea of acronyms and abbreviations quite difficult to navigate (e.g. this question).
Can we please have an official glossary of common abbreviations? ...
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When do we come out of private beta? [closed]
I suppose this is more a question for the community team.
What signs of strength do you need to see before we become a public beta? How close are we? I would like to draw some of the better posters ...
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PSA: Pokerstars Home Game Available!
I admit it's not a question. It's an announcement.
For those of you who are unaware, I set-up a Pokerstars home game for us to get involved with some ACTUAL poker. If you can get online, here are the ...
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What should the poker.stackexchange.com logo and site design look ike?
It would be good to get the (inevitably long running) discussion started on this one, as everyone is likely to want to contribute something to this.
I'll refer you to the 7 Essential Meta Questions ...
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What should our FAQ contain?
From The 7 Essential Meta Questions, it's important to figure out what the FAQ section should contain. This is really referencing the first part that mentions types of questions that are explicitly ...
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How do we treat questions about law/news?
With the volatile situation surrounding the state of poker and US law, we can certainly expect some questions about these subjects. How should they be treated? Are they welcome at all? Does any ...
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Who is our target audience?
A number of questions here on meta are geared toward refining the site to get expert-level participation. I think that is a great goal, but I'm not sure it is the right one. Doubly so if it leads to ...
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Are question like how much money can I do, etc. allowed
I am a very basic poker player. My goal is to play poker to make money (as many other people). What keeps me from really dive into it is not really knowing how much money I could be doing and how ...
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Should hand histories have accepted answers?
Hand histories are subjective questions, and as such there won't be a single, definitive correct answer. Does it make sense to accept one? Or should we rely on voting to bubble the best answers to ...
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What are our stakes?
In discussions of how hand histories should be tagged, and using symbols in tags (like $1-2nl), it was suggested that that may be too granular for a tag. Someone following 1-2nl may miss out on ...
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Where are the expert-level strategy questions?
It is vitally important in the early days to ask high quality, expert-level questions. It looks to me like too many of the questions right now are about rules and odds. Right now we are defining ...
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Should we let this question live?
Over the long term, how often will AA lose a hand?
As it stands, I feel this is a bad question. I was going to leave a comment on how to make it a good question, and the only way I could imagine ...
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Do we need to allow 6 tags?
For hand histories, I think the following tags apply:
Poker variant (texas-hold-em, omaha, 7-card-stud)
Betting structure (limit, no-limit, pot-limit)
live or online
cash-game or tournament
Stakes ...
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Cleaning up tags coming from closed questions
This closed question is the only source of the 2 tags variants and worldwide. I don't think those tags belong on the site. A question has to have at least 1 tag, but it seems a shame to let these 2 ...
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Hand history posting limitations
When I first committed to this beta, the potential that I envisioned it having with regard to in depth hand history discussion is close to perfect. The rating system is unique and will allow for a far ...
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Question titles for hand histories
Should we enforce a standard format for question titles when the question revolves around a hand history?
Something like: {Limts} {Format}, Question
For example:
$5 NLH SitNGo, How much should I ...
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4 colour deck in hand history questions
What do people think about making all the suits in the hand posts be 4 color decks?
Personally I think this greatly improves the readability of the hand histories when they are in text format. It ...
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Now is the time to stamp out unanswerable questions
How do you recognize when you are playing "on tilt"?
this question is analogous to
"what is good to drink while programming?"
"How do I know when my computer is exploding?"
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How should we tag questions about live/online play?
There's currently a tag brick-and-mortar as well as live. Similarly there are tags online-poker and online. There are other possible variations that haven't happened to come up yet ("live-poker" for ...
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Dealing With Overly Broad Questions
The odds questions noted before are one example of this, but we will see others. For instance, there was just as question about "How should I play AA?"
Questions like this are too broad to have an ...
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What should hand history posts look like?
I just asked a hand history question. Is there a certain tone or amount of information we are aiming for? Do we want hero-insight vs. a third-party view of the hand? What about hands with multiple ...
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How should we introduce abbreviations in tags?
Making a tag like "EV" , or "ROI" seems the logical decision, but not everyone might know the meaning of everything. However writing "expected-value" and "return-of-investment" on tags seems like an ...
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Can we get markup to help with hand histories?
Similar to this question, it would be useful for the site to support markup for hand histories. If nothing else, markup for suits could be helpful when I say I have AsKc (a little spade and club next ...
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Is it possible for us to get a plugin that would make it simple to show images of the table situation a particular question is in the context of?
Many poker books such as the Harrington on Holdem series include images of tables showing the current situation as a visual aid to the questions asked. It would be great if there was something like ...
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What are my odds questions
What are the odds I will hit my flush? Are we going to allow these types of questions? The question was asked during commitment but we were told to wait until beta to decide.
