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Questions with accepted answers: May I upvote and post other answers?

Just because a question has an accepted answer doesn't necessarily mean it's the best answer. Occasionally, I've seen accepted answers that were inaccurate! All it means is the OP decided that answer ...
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Questions with accepted answers: May I upvote and post other answers?

Yes, of course! There are multiple reasons why, but I'll highlight just two for now: Remember that the original poster (OP) is the one that accepts the answer. They can accept an answer whenever they ...
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Can we add "Vocal critique" to our list of 'and not about' in the Help/on topic page?

I think this is an excellent idea. We have the existing meta posts, which seem to agree, and the various vocal critique questions we see are almost entirely opinion-based. Even those that aren't would ...
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Questions with accepted answers: May I upvote and post other answers?

Richard makes some great points. Another reason that it might be appropriate to upvote answers that aren't accepted might be if the accepted answer helps OP specifically, but other answers are also ...
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Language Barriers

Generally what we do if we can't translate easily ourselves is close it, if it is a question, and ask the poster to redo it in English, as Music.SE is an English speaking site. For answers, we leave a ...
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Can we add "Vocal critique" to our list of 'and not about' in the Help/on topic page?

Yes please! The questions such as -am I a tenor, or have I a good voice, are no real help - not usually even to the OP. We need to specify that this kind of question isn't a good fit for this site. ...
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Can we add "Vocal critique" to our list of 'and not about' in the Help/on topic page?

I know this question has been open for a while, but I wanted to throw in a few cents. I think the biggest problem with such questions is their open-endedness, and I'd like to see any help-page ...
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Request for change of wording: "song" should be "piece"

While experts and professionals will know the meaning of "piece", those with less music knowledge will far better understand "song" - and we really want to make it easier for them ...
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confusion about the difference between 'technical analysis' and 'transcription'

It's a transcription question so it will fall under the "is not about" section. The difference between the two is distinct. We want analysis questions which is represented by the first bullet point, ...
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confusion about the difference between 'technical analysis' and 'transcription'

I think you are confusing the "technical analysis of a ... work" with the technical analysis of a performance, or rather the performance practice of a specific work. Maybe others will disagree, but ...
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