Great question!

I don't think I fit neatly into any of your categories. I'm not into writing or game design. I've just been making a world (one world only!) for such a long while, thirty to forty years, it's become like breathing. Just part and parcel of being. I have published some stories, but that's not the impetus. I think they're more a byproduct of having a somewhat worked out world. Mostly, I just share some of what I've come up with on worldbuilding and language invention forums for anyone who's interested to enjoy.

I tend to agree about geopoetic philosophy giving rise to conflict over whether a query is good or bad or on & off topic here. (Professional) writers especially tend to view worldbuilding very narrowly I've noticed. It's a thing done for the specific purpose of building a frame around which to construct a story. That done, you write the story. That done, you move on. Game designers seem to approach similarly. And neither delve very deep. I think these are the folks who tend to ask the character & plot & maybe "high concept" queries. The story questions.

Those of us who approach from a "realistic" or "scientific" perspective may be writers but perhaps more of the hard sci-fi orientation. These are the ones that ask about climate and planetary mechanics and look for equations all the time. These folks tend I think to close the weird and wonderful queries.

Those of us who approach from a "fantastic" or "mythological" perspective may also be writers but from the fantasy orientation. These tend to ask the highly opinion based queries. Their questions are regularly in the VTC queue, and I almost as regularly vote to keep the open.

All in all, I think WB.SE works pretty well as a Q&A forum. It is not designed to handle 80% of the questions that get asked here, and I think if the Overseers were to pay a visit and perform an audit, they'd probably shut us down for skewing the stats!

And because you said there's no place for your ideas to go:

Worldbuilding forum or other conversational place?: there are plenty of forums for geopoets, worldbuilders, invented culture and country makers to share ideas apart from this Q&A forum!

Great question!

I don't think I fit neatly into any of your categories. I'm not into writing or game design. I've just been making a world (one world only!) for such a long while, thirty to forty years, it's become like breathing. Just part and parcel of being. I have published some stories, but that's not the impetus. I think they're more a byproduct of having a somewhat worked out world. Mostly, I just share some of what I've come up with on worldbuilding and language invention forums for anyone who's interested to enjoy: (Main Wiki); (Some Other Tidbits); (Stories & Articles); (Art); (Universe Factory).

I tend to agree about geopoetic philosophy giving rise to conflict over whether a query is good or bad or on & off topic here. (Professional) writers especially tend to view worldbuilding very narrowly I've noticed. It's a thing done for the specific purpose of building a frame around which to construct a story. That done, you write the story. That done, you move on. Game designers seem to approach similarly. And neither delve very deep. I think these are the folks who tend to ask the character & plot & maybe "high concept" queries. The story questions.

Those of us who approach from a "realistic" or "scientific" perspective may be writers but perhaps more of the hard sci-fi orientation. These are the ones that ask about climate and planetary mechanics and look for equations all the time. These folks tend I think to close the weird and wonderful queries.

Those of us who approach from a "fantastic" or "mythological" perspective may also be writers but from the fantasy orientation. These tend to ask the highly opinion based queries. Their questions are regularly in the VTC queue, and I almost as regularly vote to keep the open.

All in all, I think WB.SE works pretty well as a Q&A forum. It is not designed to handle 80% of the questions that get asked here, and I think if the Overseers were to pay a visit and perform an audit, they'd probably shut us down for skewing the stats!

And because you said there's no place for your ideas to go:

Worldbuilding forum or other conversational place?: there are plenty of forums for geopoets, worldbuilders, invented culture and country makers to share ideas apart from this Q&A forum!