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12 questions linked to/from 2016 Moderator Election Q&A - Questionnaire
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2016 Moderator Election Q&A - Question Collection
In connection with the moderator elections, we will be holding a Q&A with the candidates. This will be an opportunity for members of the community to pose questions to the candidates on the topic ...
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What do users from other Stack Exchange sites think of Worldbuilding Stack Exchange?
We have had a lot of questions reach the Hot Network Questions list recently, which is probably related to the current topic challenge, religion. This means that there are a lot of outside viewers ...
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2017 Moderator Election Q&A - Question Collection
Worldbuilding Stack Exchange is scheduled for an election starting next week, February 6th. In connection with that election, we will be hosting a Q&A here for candidates. This will be an ...
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Is Worldbuilding a What If Site?
A few months back, my participation on this site dropped heavily for various reasons, most of them real life commitments. Now I've come back, and there's something I've noticed.
When I left, the site ...
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Questions about single individual actions
The Help secton states that
questions are welcome that are about [...] as long as they are not about:
Actions of individual characters, rather than elements of the world they inhabit
The problem is ...
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Finding a more objective way to identify questions that are too broad
This is an attempt to settle a discussion started by Mourdos almost a year ago. I would like to know what others think of this. There is the full version here but I made some modifications to the ...
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Storytelling and plot building
Just saying:
http://area51.stackexchange.com/proposals/77143/storytelling-and-blot-buidling/77146#77146
The whole "this is story telling and not world building" discussion will eventually lead to ...
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What's wrong with "idea generation" questions?
We now have a dedicated "Idea Generation" close vote/flag reason!! What does it mean?
What is the problem with "idea generation" questions?
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Should we rename Idea Generation?
Based on this question.
I don't really like "Idea Generation" as a reason to close. It seems like too much of a subtle reason to me, since really this entire site is about ideas.
Even the ...
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Is this the new moderation style for Worldbuilding?
Mod Hammer
I've been noticing a trend in the last five days of some heavy handed moderator attention. There isn't really any point in being vague about it, TimB seems to have broken from the campaign ...
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Case Study Series
As discussed in chat and based on Tim B's recent post , I'd like us to have a series of case studies, where various users of the site post their five top-rated questions (or any five questions of ...
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Ontology of Question Types
With regards to the current discussions about "idea generation" and "what if" questions, I've written an ontology, or categorization of answer types.
(Those with programming experience will ...
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