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Which ID questions do we want from Movies & TV?
All of the questions below meet our main criteria for an acceptable migration candidate;
That there's discernible SF/F content
That they're uniquely identifiable
https://movies.stackexchange.com/...
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Why was the question "Why was Jake and the Never Land Pirates cancelled?" migrated to Movies?
I'm not a mod so I can't speak for the exact reasons this happened but looking at it, it does makes sense.
Consensus appears to be do not cross post 99% of the time with the only times being ...
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Why was the quasar question migrated to Physics.SE instead of Astronomy.SE?
Keen's choice may have been arbitrary, but in general, migrating to beta sites isn't encouraged:
Anna Lear: Migrating to beta sites isn't something we encourage because beta should be all about a ...
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Migration to M&TV - reopening the discussion
There's really no need. In the last 90 days, we have not had a single question migrated to M&TV:
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Should we offer a migration path to Movie:SE's unwanted story-ID questions about sci-fi (and fantasy)?
Yes, absolutely we should. SFF:SE should aim to be the home of science fiction and fantasy questions and we should welcome any additional (on-topic) questions from our sister sites with open arms and ...
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Why was the question "Why was Jake and the Never Land Pirates cancelled?" migrated to Movies?
it is considered acceptable to re-ask that question on to a new Stack Exchange site if you feel that the answers you received from the earlier time do not meet your requirements or expectations.
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Rand al'ThorMod
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54 story identification questions incoming from Movies & TV at 23:00 UTC 2017-02-05
Migration is complete. The following questions now live here:
Please help me identify a post apocalyptic movie
Sci-Fi movie about a shapeshifter
A Documentary or Short film set in Medieval Europe ...
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Should we offer a migration path to Anime:SE story-ID questions with scifi (or fantasy) content?
Yes, absolutely we should. SFF:SE should aim to be the home of science fiction and fantasy questions (including those related to anime, manga and animated films) and we should welcome any additional ...
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Accepted
Should we have a migration path to M&TV.SE now that it has graduated?
This Data Explorer query, when run on Movies&TV, gives us a list of incoming migrations. It's not filtered only on migrations from SciFi, but 99% of them are, so I won't bother forking the query ...
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Accepted
Migration to M&TV - reopening the discussion
Nah. Not only would automatic migration be a flashpoint for contention (nearly a quarter of mod-migrated question have ultimately been rejected, I can only assume the number would be higher if we ...
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Should we offer a migration path to Anime:SE story-ID questions with scifi (or fantasy) content?
This sounds like a great idea in general: if ID questions are getting closed over there that would be upvoted and answered over here, then there's no reason not to deprive those questions' OPs of ...
Rand al'ThorMod
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Accepted
Why was migration rejected on this post (SFF to Meta)
According to main meta
A question can also be rejected by the target community after it has already been migrated if it gets closed (except as a duplicate) or deleted on the target site.
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NullMod
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Game Identification Questions
This seems to be largely addressed on your home site
My game identification question was closed as off-topic. Where can I ask for help instead?.
In brief, yes, we at SFF:SE are more than happy to ...
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Game Identification Questions
This doesn't sound like a bad idea. The migration system is sort of broken at the moment and needs a large overhaul which is mostly why it's not really used. There are few migration pathways open, ...
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Accepted
Why was this question not migrated to Movies and TV?
It's a moot point now.
The question could indeed have been migrated to Movies & TV, but none of the close-voters, nor the OP himself, ever flagged it for migration. I don't know why they didn't, ...
Rand al'ThorMod
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Should we offer a migration path to Anime:SE story-ID questions with scifi (or fantasy) content?
I would be fine with this idea but there are some things to understand first.
Given our solid track record of solving story-ID questions
i know i'm cherry picking but as i said in a comment our ...
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Why was the quasar question migrated to Physics.SE instead of Astronomy.SE?
The question should be, why not? It's perfectly on-topic on either site, and it's doing quite well where it is.
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Should we have a migration path to M&TV.SE now that it has graduated?
Yes
It should be added to the list of migration paths. That way, a possible migration is put to the vote, rather than left to the opinion of a single moderator.
(Vote up if you agree, down if you ...
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Should we offer a migration path to Anime:SE story-ID questions with scifi (or fantasy) content?
Wanted to throw this in, since it's pretty relevant. SO has had some big discussions on it and I think this part of the accepted answer is relevant to all sites, as the question there was asking for ...
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Guidelines for "migration"
General Guidance
Don't migrate crap questions that need work
If the question is in need of a lot of editing, or should be closed as "Needs detail or clarity", "Needs more focus" ...
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Migration to M&TV - reopening the discussion
This data.SE query shows how many questions have been migrated away from this site that have never been closed on the target site. Movies & TV is by far the most common target for successful ...
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Can we have a migration path from our meta to SE meta?
Meh.
We've only migrated three questions from here to main meta in the last year. That's a small enough workload for five moderators to handle easily. As Kevin said, the primary reason for a ...
Rand al'ThorMod
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Can I ask about a connection between Marvel and The Princess Diaries?
Echoing Mike's answer, if you plan to ask "What is the connection between X and Y?" you need to clarify why you feel there's a connection and highlight what you would consider to be an acceptable ...
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Please review the migration of this Jetson's Foley Artist sound question
(A late answer, but)
Based on what is on-topic now, it shouldn't have been migrated.
That having been said, it's now way past the 60 day limit for either emigration or (I'd imagine) re-immigration. ...
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