Linked Questions
11 questions linked to/from Culling list and recommendation questions
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What questions are on-topic, and what questions are off-topic?
SciFi.SE's identity is still being defined, and as such there's a lot of unresolved confusion wrapped up in dozens of topics about what types of questions are acceptable.
Let's stop creating ...
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2012 Moderator Election - Town Hall Chat Digest
The following is a "digest" version of the 2012 Moderator Election Town Hall Chat. The format, as described on Meta Stack Overflow, is one answer to this question for every question asked in the Town ...
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How should we handle “any” (list) questions?
The "any" questions invite a list, which is not permitted.
But we're currently not dealing with them consistently (or I can't see a pattern). Here's a few examples:
Invisibility should cause ...
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How should we handle questions that are easily answered by Wikipedia? [duplicate]
Examples:
What is filk and how do I find it? (see Filk)
What exactly were the Prophets? (see Prophets)
What is the precise definition of 'Steampunk'? (see Steampunk)
(and even the super-upvoted) Who ...
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Questions that become off-topic because of new policies
I have just come across a 6 year old question in the review queues.
Back when this question was asked, it was a perfectly on-topic question, which has been reasonably highly up-voted and received 20,...
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Massive Retagging/Editing
What exactly are the rules for massively editing/retagging questions?
Per Gilles in the chat, all efforts like that need to be approved beforehand. And I see his point. Having SO many edits flood the ...
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Proposed Additions to the FAQ
We've been hashing out what types of questions are on-topic and what types of questions are off-topic for a few days now, so I'd like to start preparing a draft of what will be added to SciFi.SE's FAQ....
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Why has this question been deleted?
I posted this question, Does any science-fiction handle the ethics of teleportation ("kill and clone")? a long time ago and it was closed.
Now it seems to have been deleted. Why?
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We need to take a look at list questions
The F.A.Q. doesn't actually forbid list questions, instead forbidding a specific subset of those questions. However, the fact remains that we are NOT a reference site. This format (Q & A) is never ...
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What can we do to make this site a better place?
We've now mostly hashed out what kinds of questions are welcome on the site, and this is reflected in the official FAQ.
We should cull unwanted questions. We should reflect, and perhaps codify our ...
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Was there an effort to clean up “See Wiki” type questions?
Was there an effort to clean up "See Wiki" basic type of questions on SciFi SE, similar to the effort to clean up "lists" questions?
As an example, this one:
In the Dune series, why are they not ...