Unanswered Questions

38 questions with no upvoted or accepted answers
22 votes
0 answers
994 views

Goodbye, friends

As you may know, I suspended activity on SE some time ago as a response to Monica being fired. Today, I submitted my resignation from moderating due to Shog9 and Robert Cartaino also losing their ...
14 votes
0 answers
544 views

I will be going inactive as a moderator

You have probably seen many similar posts like this across all of Stack Exchange. I'll keep this brief. I do not support Stack Exchange in their poorly executed venture into forced language, gender ...
9 votes
0 answers
55 views

It's been fun, but it's time to turn in my diamond

Those of you who have been here since the beginning may remember that I was very active on this site initially, as one of the original pro-tem moderators. But just recently I've turned in my diamond, ...
8 votes
0 answers
74 views

Are questions about grammatical concepts on topic?

We got a question about (I think) grammar: Present perfect v. present perfect progressive (case). As of this writing, the question has a couple of Unclear what you're asking votes, as the specific ...
7 votes
1 answer
157 views

The tags 'listening-comprehension' and 'listening' have been merged

The tags listening-comprehension and listening have been merged. We currently have tags for both listening-comprehension (13 questions) and listening (11 questions). The tag listening-comprehension ...
7 votes
0 answers
66 views

Happy first birthday, Language Learning Stack Exchange!

A lot of us should have realized that yesterday marked this site's one year anniversary! As a user, I would first want to say that as a community, we are doing well for our first year though activity ...
7 votes
0 answers
68 views

Our first community ad has been launched!

Over on the ELL post for community ads, one of Language Learning's own ads (one of my own creation) has exceeded the minimum threshold of positive votes (6) to be displayed on the main site. This ...
6 votes
1 answer
67 views

How can we attract more experts to Language Learning Stack Exchange?

The majority of the question asked on Language Learning Stack Exchange are answered by other language learners. These participants are typically learners who have experience learning at least one ...
5 votes
0 answers
29 views

2022 Community Moderator Election

The 2022 Community Moderator Election is now underway! Community moderator elections have three phases: Nomination phase Primary phase Election phase Most elections take between two and three weeks, ...
5 votes
0 answers
33 views

2021 Community Moderator Election

The 2021 Community Moderator Election is now underway! Community moderator elections have three phases: Nomination phase Primary phase Election phase Most elections take between two and three weeks, ...
5 votes
0 answers
51 views

Announcing a Pro Tempore election for 2021

Summary: Language Learning Stack Exchange will begin the nomination stage for a special election on July 12 to bring in one more moderator. For full details of the process, see the announcement on ...
5 votes
0 answers
20 views

2020: a year in moderation

As we say goodbye to the old year and welcome the new one, we have a tradition of sharing moderation stats for the past 12 months. As most of you here are aware, sites on the Stack Exchange network ...
5 votes
2 answers
127 views

How can we help people who post questions that cover all aspects of language learning at once?

Our site regularly receives questions from people who want to know everything about learning a foreign language from scratch and that are therefore too broad. Sometimes we get questions that are ...
4 votes
0 answers
15 views

A reminder to those with 500+ reputation: please remember your close/reopen votes!

Even after graduation, every user on this site with 500 or more reps has the ability to cast close and reopen votes. This type of votes makes sure that off-topic and unanswerable questions get removed ...
4 votes
1 answer
55 views

Do we need a new custom close reason for questions requesting explanations about English vocabulary or grammar?

In recent months, the most frequent close reason on Language Learning SE seems to be that questions ask for explanations about specific points of English vocabulary or grammar by learners of English. ...

15 30 50 per page