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Use this tag when examining what is on-topic or off-topic, and why.
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What are our boundaries?
I'm going to steal a line from HNL's answer since I personally view it as a VERY VERY important standalone criteria:
I would include only such works that have built a consistent and detailed enoug …
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Are questions whose answers would determine if a work could be categorized as sci-fi conside...
I believe it is off-topic on Sci-Fi SE, but perhaps it's on-topic on META site?
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Are questions looking to simply prove or disprove a premise with a yes/no answer a good fit ...
I think that such questions should be on-topic, but DO need to be posed with more care to avoid some pitfalls.
This answer will contain 3 parts: The pluses of the questions, the proposed negatives o …
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Do we want to cover the legality of science fiction?
I'm on the fence.
On one hand, this question probably would fit better on Movies SE than SFF. It's a lot better fit there.
On the other hand, it's not strictly speaking off-topic under current rules …
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Are Life of Pi questions on-topic?
My understanding (from the Wiki plot and the trailer, NOT watching the movie) is that none of the events in it are fantasy/fantastical. No talking animals, etc... There was a hallucination of mentally …
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Are questions from sci fi animation movies off-topic?
I'll post the answer that @Beofett commented on (sorry for stealing!)
The media used to tell the story is irrelevant to whether something is on or off topic.
If animation movie content is Sci Fi or …
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Are movies like "Twins" or "Junior" on topic, since they contain minor SF elements?
Junior in on-topic, but only marginally so. The "man being pregnant" medical science/technology is SciFi, and it IS central to the plot.
I agree that Twins is offtopic since the SF element (genetical …
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what constitutes an off-topic question?
As per Beofett's answer here, questions that ask if a specific work is SciFi is considered off-topic for the main site.
The canonical reference for the off-topicness is this answer: https://scifi.met …
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Are questions asking for the picture source of memes genuinely worthwhile?
Just to very explicitly address the "worthwhile" part (as defined by many other people here in terms of votes):
The downvote arrow hover-over clearly states as explanation
This question does n …
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Are questions about SF-related websites on topic?
I think that if the question is about a topic where the answer is likely to come from SFF works' content (e.g. etymology of chakoteya.net) it's ontopic.
If it is totally unrelated to in-universe, it' …
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Would an objective system for determining whether a work is on-topic or not be useful?
Yes (as in, it is futile).
Not simply because it may well be impossible (i'm not 100% sure of that), but because it's not worth the effort and cost compared to the pay-off.
We have VERY VERY few wo …
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Do works from L Ron Hubbard that are part of Scientology "canon" count as "religious texts"?
If you take a look at the Wiki for "Revolt in the Stars", it was openly intended to be a Sci-fi work by L.R.Hubbard (A movie script).
As such, "Revolt in the Stars" seems fully on-topic, Scientology …
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Are questions that just ask for a description of a plot-point on-topic?
Yes. It is On-topic. It doesn't violate ANY offtopic rules.
We burninated General Reference VTC, for good reasons.
Having said that, if the question is indeed easily researched (obvious query on Goo …
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Policy on questions about which genre or subgenre a given work is in?
IMHO, most of the sub-genre classification should be off-topic, because they are impossible to answer objectively in non-trivial way.
If the answer is based on a specific source (IMDB/Amazon/Wiki/Bo …
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Why are humorous questions off topic?
I'm obviously biased since I was the first to figure out the puzzle and answer it.
It seems that the only fault behind this question is that it's a little bit too obvious what the answer is to a larg …
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