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Case Study: The Consequence of Inadequate Comments

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Sandbox for proposed Questions

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Question closed despite lack of legitimate complaints

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Would we support expanding existing (fictional) worlds?

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I think my question on the 1/72 scale nuke should be opened and was closed for blatantly wrong reasons

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The Rules and the Worldbuilding Resources Tag

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Should we burn the video-games tag?

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Disagree with a Deletion

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Users should be able to flag tags for review

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What should we do about tag wiki excerpts?

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What proof would we accept that an otherwise 3rd-party world belongs to a Stack Exchange user?

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Advice: Prohibiting a branch of science in my world

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Edit rejected for deviating from the original intent of a post

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The Sandbox can use your help!

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Answer deleted. Explanation is warranted

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Announcement: AI generated content banned on Worldbuilding

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Change Proposal for Anatomically Correct Series Criteria

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Anatomically Correct Series

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Should the Worldbuilding-Process tag be discontinued?

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Answers to "are we" or "should we" questions?

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Why does this platform accept questions about slavery?

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Is this heuristic for "too story based" functional?

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Should the Xenobiology tag automatically imply science-based or hard-science?

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Should we try to create Storybuilding.SE?

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My answer was deleted. An explanation is warranted

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Where would asking for tip and tricks on worldbuilding go?

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2022: a year in moderation

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What are some 'assets' you re-use across different worldbuilding projects?

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WB stack exchange and copyright?

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Should we ban posts using ChatGPT or similar software?

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Considered harmful: questions where the asker expects us to figure out a scientific explanation or alternative for their handwavium

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Why does opinion based VTC exist?

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Is World Building a good fit for Stack Exchange?

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Do I need to narrow my question further?

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Why were the answers on this closed question deleted?

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Is an edit to the three Science tag wikis warranted?

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Fortnightly topic challenge #2: Flora

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Creating a large external ad

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Is it appropriate to ask a question without a product?

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How would I credit Worldbuilding in a novel?

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A Proposal to End the Love/Hate Relationship with Brainstorming, AKA List questions, Idea-Generation, and Fishing-for-Ideas

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A proposal to finalize the "are real world questions on-topic" debate

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Why can I only ask one question per post?

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Why is "brainstorming" in of itself against the rules -- why was my question closed as "opinion based"?

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Are we helping or hurting Worldbuilding with these rules? [duplicate]

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