Linked Questions
31 questions linked to/from Tips for asking Story Identification questions
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Checklist for story identification [duplicate]
Another interesting story identification question has been added but I think it is missing plenty of details. Would it help to have a checklist of items for people adding identification questions, e.g....
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How to find a story-ID answer?
story-identification is a big tag. I've read How to write a good story-ID answer? and How to ask a good story-ID question?, but neither answers my larger question: how do users here find the answers ...
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Proposals for a list of FAQ questions
For the pedants: yes, I realise that "FAQ questions" looks like a tautology, as it means "frequently asked questions questions". But in this context, the word FAQ refers to the tag, so it means "meta ...
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How to ask a good (fan fiction) Story-ID question?
We seem to have a pretty regular number of story-ID questions specifically focused on finding half-remembered fan-fiction stories.
Our top tag is story-identification with over 10,000 questions and ...
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Should we offer a migration path to Anime:SE story-ID questions with scifi (or fantasy) content?
Anime:SE have made a firm decision to reject any future Story-ID questions (regardless of the quality of the post or the information on offer) but do still get the occasional wayward soul who asks ...
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How to ask a good (anime/manga) Story-ID question?
We've seen an influx of anime and manga story-id questions since Anime:SE stopped accepting them in 2016. Our top tag is story-identification with over 10,000 questions and we already have an ...
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Tag warning for story-identification
So I read this Server Fault meta post, which says how to request tag warnings:
Open a new meta question under the tag tag-warnings with the proposed text and the tag to which it should be applied. ...
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How to write a good story-ID answer?
Our top tag is story-identification, with nearly 6000 questions and nearly 7000 answers, many of which are new users' first contributions to the site. Many of these new users need some guidance on how ...
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Consensus on Story Identification titles?
Lately, it seems like a significant number of edits on Story Identification queries have less to do with clarifying the query and more to do with one's personal views on what should be in the title. ...
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How should SFF's "Ask Question" page be customised?
The "Ask a question" wizard is now live network-wide: The new ask page is now live on the network!. Ours is very plain right now, but parts of it are customisable: (shortened; see the main Meta post ...
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"Magic Link" for How To Ask A Good Story-ID Question?
A large number of story-ID questions come in with insufficient detail to be usefully answered, and there are several people here who point this out, usually commenting with a link to How to ask a good ...
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What are the criteria that make for "better" quality questions and answers for story identification questions?
I spend a lot of time patrolling for duplicates in story identification questions. One issue that repeatedly comes up are the differing definitions of "quality" held by various users when deciding ...
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Story Identification for non Sci-Fi or fantasy theme?
Is it possible to ask for a story identification where the story itself isn't really sci-fi or fantasy related? For example, a story like a memoir or fiction about old England... or let's say somebody ...
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A plea for action
The First Posts and Late Answers review queues are arguably the two most important review queues on the site. They help moderate content from new users and point them in the right direction to act in ...
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