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Restore space-exploration as a separate tag from space-travel
I have been working on a story for some time similar to Andy Weir’s Hail Mary Pass that involves deep space observation in search of a probe target and as very often happens I have to use three of my ...
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Restore the aerodynamics tag as distinct from flight
The overlap between aerodynamics and flight is far too small to link these categories as synonyms. Only a small subset of things which fly (in fictional worlds) rely on a subset of aerodynamic ...
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Do we need to attribute the work of others if we include it in our posts?
I've noticed that some users on Worldbuilding Stack Exchange include images and text in their posts, either questions or answers, that are sourced from elsewhere and are not their own work.
As a ...
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Why, exactly, was Robert's answer deleted?
Regarding this answer, which I'll duplicate here in the case of people who can visit Meta but can't see deleted content.
There is a significant debate about this going on in the scifi community. We ...
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(Not so?) Suspicious Deletion of Suspicious AI Generated Responses
Regarding this question, in light of this policy.
I think we can all agree in principle that AI generated text has no real place here in Worldbuilding, with the possible exception of queries about AI ...
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Chat is back! The Factory Floor is once again open for business
Stack Exchange has historically distinguished itself from forums by following a very matter-of-fact philosophy: questions, answers, comments, and no chit-chat. While this helps folks get answers to ...
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When are comments needed?
Recently, I decided to clean up some old comments that should not be needed. I decided to go for low hanging fruits first, and went for comments starting with "welcome" which either did not ...
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Advice: real facts vs. worldbuilding rules
There is a LOT of information in the world and unlike the days of yore, it's available instantly. Most of that information is good. Some of it is bad. Some of it is really bad. But even if we only ...
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Policy Proposal: We do not engineer technologies
We are receiving questions asking for us to factually invent an idea or technology with increasing frequency. The questions are usually asked by people with insufficient education but a strong desire ...
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Trying to understand why a relevant post with a peer-reviewed paper directly linked to was considered "low quality"
The structure of this website makes it every difficult to speak to people on the other side of a set of moderation buttons, leading to confusion and infuriation. This is one such situation where peer-...
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Regarding tags related to nuclear phenomena
I noticed that we have both the strong-force and weak-force tags, both of which I feel should be absorbed by the nuclear tag.
I also noticed we have both the radioactivity and radiation tags. In this ...
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Regarding the tag info for the 'aliens' tag
The tag info for the aliens tag states:
For questions about a different and uncharacteristic species or
object that has come to the world from another world. NOT for
questions about extraterrestrials ...
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Will the main chat be unfrozen?
Just curious if the Factory Floor will be unfrozen, or if we've just given up on it ever being a thing again?
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Could we change the standard moderator action for off-topic questions from closure to migration?
A great many questions on this site are regularly closed for being off-topic. Usually, it's a new user asking for broader creative ideas or something deemed too subjective to be specifically ...
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Should the unofficial "1 Day Rule" become an suggestion?
I think that the "1 day rule" - a unofficial guideline where a user should wait at least a day before accepting an answer - should be an actual suggestion, and not just "unofficial"...
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Missing reputation
Unsure if this should be asked here or some other SE, but I couldn't find any reference to this in the Help Centre.
This answer posted to the WB stack shows 0 reputation, but I was notified via the ...
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Should the hard-science tag be retired?
It is evident that many of the people who use it either don't read the guidance, or are very confused about the scientific accuracy of a lot of popular media. I suspect they think they know what "...
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How should we deal with "vexatious questions?"
I define "vexatious questions"1 as a series of questions from the same user that are minor iterations on a theme or idea. The first question in the series contributed to worldbuilding. The ...
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Found a potential answer to my own question, but didn't get feedback on it. How do I fix that?
A few days after I posted this question, I hitting upon this potential answer to it and posted it to get feedback on it, but the only response to it was strictly to tell me how to use superscripts (I ...
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Case Study: The Consequence of Inadequate Comments
UPDATE: Amber's original question has been undeleted and the new question closed as a duplicate. It looks like that new question has since been deleted (honestly, it didn't need to be this complicated....
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Question closed despite lack of legitimate complaints
I believe that one (or perhaps several) of the votes toward closing my most recent question constitute an abuse of voting privileges rather than having legitimate issues with the question. Certainly, ...
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I think my question on the 1/72 scale nuke should be opened and was closed for blatantly wrong reasons
I asked about how much damage/the area of effect of a 1/72 cockroach nuke a week or so ago. I got several answers, but It would have been preferable if it stayed open. Here is the link: How big would ...
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Should we burn the video-games tag?
A recent question asking for advice about what the boss in their video game should be tagged their question video-games. The tag has no summary and no wiki. The first question tagged with the tag was ...
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Users should be able to flag tags for review
Among my various rejected edits, one particularly stood out: the now-synonymized sophont tag.
I was unable to suggest synonymization, so I did the next best thing: edit the tag to accurately reflect ...
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What should we do about tag wiki excerpts?
Recently, I've been going around and creating tag wiki excerpts. At first, I was wondering about the usefulness of such work-but after a few accepts, it seemed like a good idea.
After a few (not-so) ...
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Advice: Prohibiting a branch of science in my world
A recent question asked what weapons a society would use if magic (specifically a mage) could stop the ignition of gunpowder and similar explosives. It was a different spin on a popular type of ...
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What proof would we accept that an otherwise 3rd-party world belongs to a Stack Exchange user?
Relevant post: How much and how powerful would a "phlebotinium" bomb launched from orbit be to create an artificial sea?
A new user, @JustKherty, has posted a question about a publicly ...
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Edit rejected for deviating from the original intent of a post
I proposed a series of minor edits on this question earlier today; and as the title says, was rejected for deviating from the author's intent. I have a vague idea of which portions of my edit probably ...
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Disagree with a Deletion
This question
The comment from L-Dutch states:
"The first line is at most a comment to the OP's question. The rest, being based on nothing that the OP asked, is not an answer"
However, this ...
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The Sandbox can use your help!
I have great appreciation for the people who regularly help in the Sandbox. I'd especially like to thank @Tortliena, @Sphennings and @VLAZ for helping so much.
But the Sandbox could use more help. ...
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Answer deleted. Explanation is warranted
The question: How would a primitive people recharge energy weapons in a hard science fiction setting?
Pretty straight-foward. Author is asking how a primitive society could recharge energy weapons, ...
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Why does this platform accept questions about slavery?
I am disgusted by the way users have been asking disgusting questions about slavery. Something that should not be considered as a means or concept of any monstrous ideas as it has been explored here!
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Should the Xenobiology tag automatically imply science-based or hard-science?
In a comment to a recent question, @Nosajimiki made a good point. The OP had not tagged the question hard-science or science-based, so I chastised other respondents for taking a hard-line Real World ...
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Is this heuristic for "too story based" functional?
I've been contemplating the things that make us want to close questions. On many questions, I vacillate between something being opinion based or story based or too vague, and this is an attempt to ...
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Announcement: AI generated content banned on Worldbuilding
Community discussion has been taking place on WB Meta concerning our position on AI generated content:
Should we ban posts using ChatGPT or similar software?
Because of the outcome of the discussion ...
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Change Proposal for Anatomically Correct Series Criteria
The full and official verbiage defining how the Anatomically Correct tag should be used can be found here: Anatomically Correct Series. But there are some aspects of it that I think deserve some minor ...
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Where would asking for tip and tricks on worldbuilding go?
I think the question is pretty self-explanatory, so where can I ask more general world-building questions, such as style or general how to build a world kind of questions?
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2022: a year in moderation
As we say goodbye to the old year and welcome the new one, we have a tradition of sharing moderation stats for the preceding calendar year.
As most of you here are aware, sites on the Stack Exchange ...
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Should we try to create Storybuilding.SE?
Worldbuilding.SE legend has it that the idea of Storybuilding.SE was once discussed, but at the time the rules of Stack Exchange were so rigid that such a Stack could never succeed or even graduate ...
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What are some 'assets' you re-use across different worldbuilding projects?
I once carefully worldbuilt a computer system, how it would have a distributed filesystem with redundant backups, a public key system for identity, etc. etc.
Then when I was building the next world, I ...
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WB stack exchange and copyright?
Suddenly while browsing worldbuilding stack exchange questions this question came to mind.
Although opinion based and story based questions are discouraged on WB stack, some still receive answers. ...
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Why does opinion based VTC exist?
-Vote to close question because it's ''opinion based''
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-Don't answer with opinions.
There's two options, but option 1 has no reason to exist
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Considered harmful: questions where the asker expects us to figure out a scientific explanation or alternative for their handwavium
Latest offender: Need counters for a near perfect Anti Thermal and Kinetic armor system in a near future setting
Another example: Could alien organisms evolve to utilize Thermoelectric cooling(the ...
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Do I need to narrow my question further?
I got great feedback on my question If the USA disbanded, who would California rely on?
Originally I asked "If the USA disbanded, what alliances would form?" and it was pointed out to me ...
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Why were the answers on this closed question deleted?
Why were the answers to this closed question deleted?
I was browsing the answers to a Q migrated from SE:Space Exploration when suddenly they were all marked as deleted and the Q was closed. ...
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Is an edit to the three Science tag wikis warranted?
A recent question posited a fantastic condition then used the science-based tag. In essense, the author wanted a science-based solution to a problem that wasn't science-based in the first place.
We've ...
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Is it appropriate to ask a question without a product?
Can I post a question if I have no intention of ever including the answer in a book, picture, game or interpretive dance routine? My impression is that those who post answers enjoy the process in and ...
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How would I credit Worldbuilding in a novel?
If I would like to acknowledge help and inspiration (i.e. non-copyright contributions) from Worldbuilding StackExchange, is there a preferred format? An existing example would be best.
(I am talking ...
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A Proposal to End the Love/Hate Relationship with Brainstorming, AKA List questions, Idea-Generation, and Fishing-for-Ideas
Preliminary Information
Before I begin, I want to make a clear distinction insofar as I understand the principal purpose of this Stack (the following closely fits the rules as defined in the Tour and ...
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Are we helping or hurting Worldbuilding with these rules? [duplicate]
What is the difference between this question: If Mars and Venus were habitable, by when would they have been colonized?
And this question: How does Santa keep locations updated for all of his gift ...
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