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Best Questions & Answers from 3rd Quarter of 2017

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Best Questions & Answers from 1st Quarter of 2021

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Announcing the November 2018 topic challenge: the Kalevala

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Best Questions & Answers from 4th Quarter of 2020

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Announcing the January–February 2021 topic challenge: Theodor Fontane

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Announcing the December 2020–January 2021 topic challenge: literary theory

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2020: a year in moderation

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How do we deal with tags in composite works such as the Bible?

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Announcing the October–November 2020 topic challenge: Rabindranath Tagore

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