Timeline for Tips for asking Story Identification questions
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| May 9, 2023 at 13:20 | history | edited | Machavity | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
"Story-ID" is a bit more colloquial. Reworded so it's obvious to new users
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| Jul 2, 2021 at 5:19 | comment | added | GwenKillerby | can someone edit the first post so ALL the checks are like.... in ONE place? | |
| Mar 16, 2017 at 16:38 | history | edited | CommunityBot |
replaced http://meta.scifi.stackexchange.com/ with https://scifi.meta.stackexchange.com/
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| Mar 16, 2017 at 16:38 | history | edited | CommunityBot |
replaced http://meta.scifi.stackexchange.com/ with https://scifi.meta.stackexchange.com/
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| Mar 24, 2016 at 9:56 | answer | added | moopet | timeline score: 11 | |
| Mar 23, 2016 at 20:09 | history | edited | Rand al'ThorMod | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
deleted 241 characters in body; edited tags
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| Mar 23, 2016 at 16:00 | vote | accept | Rand al'ThorMod | ||
| Mar 20, 2016 at 5:07 | comment | added | rosesunhill | @randal'thor - at just past two weeks, I'm very new here and this issue is fresh for me. While realizing it couldn't and shouldn't be done for other question types, I very much like the idea of a special banner for ID questions. I also wonder if question edits for very new users should require a comment to explain the reasons. Most people already do this and I realize this might be a burden for people, but it would help guide the way. | |
| Mar 19, 2016 at 8:23 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackSciFi/status/711105705953116160 | ||
| Mar 18, 2016 at 18:01 | answer | added | Valorum | timeline score: 106 | |
| Mar 18, 2016 at 13:34 | answer | added | alexwlchan | timeline score: 39 | |
| Mar 18, 2016 at 13:18 | comment | added | FuzzyBoots | While I don't know that it's worth including in the tip box, including a list of stories you're pretty certain it isn't, and why, is useful, although my experience is that it's a good idea for the querent to check them out anyhow, because sometimes they're misremembering the work. | |
| Mar 18, 2016 at 12:22 | comment | added | b_jonas | I'd already edited the tag wiki scifi.stackexchange.com/tags/story-identification/info to include my suggestions. See also meta.scifi.stackexchange.com/q/7028/4918 . | |
| Mar 18, 2016 at 10:34 | comment | added | Rand al'Thor Mod | @alexwlchan Good idea. We might also be able to cadge some ideas from M&TV, where they have a special little banner that comes up for everyone who posts an ID question. | |
| Mar 18, 2016 at 10:32 | comment | added | alexwlchan | Perhaps start by copying the suggestions out of the tag wiki, and making the tag wiki a signpost here? I'm sure Meta Qs are more visible than tag descriptions. | |
| Mar 18, 2016 at 9:24 | comment | added | user14111 | It may seem like you've stumped us, but don't give up hope. Some story-ID questions are answered weeks, months, even years after they were asked. | |
| Mar 18, 2016 at 9:14 | comment | added | Rand al'Thor Mod | @user14111 True, nobody will find it here of their own accord except those who don't need it. But it'd make a very useful link to point people to who do need it, and it's much easier for us to have all these questions gathered together in one place so we don't have to remember them all each time! | |
| Mar 18, 2016 at 9:11 | comment | added | user14111 | "I read it in the 1950s" is more helpful than "I read it as a kid" because, you see, we don't know how old you are. | |
| Mar 18, 2016 at 9:10 | comment | added | user14111 | I guess it can't do any harm, but I don't know how much good it's going to do. I suspect nobody's going to read it except those who don't need to. | |
| Mar 18, 2016 at 1:15 | comment | added | user31178 | Was it part of an anthology, or a complete novel? Do you remember any details about the cover? What was the target age range? Do you remember any character names? Any unique phrases? What made it stand out from other, similar stories? | |
| Mar 18, 2016 at 0:52 | history | asked | Rand al'ThorMod | CC BY-SA 3.0 |