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28 questions linked to/from Why is my question "Too Story Based" and how do I get it opened?
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Catalog of Question Types
In an effort to start building consensus after asking: Enough is enough. NOBODY can obey rules that are only in someone's head, I'd like to start with what I hope will become a canonical catalog ...
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Inactive Sandbox 2018 [duplicate]
This sandbox is inactive. Please visit the next Sandbox for Proposed Questions
In order to make the Sandbox easier to use, a new Sandbox question will be posted when the old one becomes too full. ...
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Seeking community consensus about "Why would X lead to Y?" questions
While we've likely always had "Why would X lead to Y?" questions, it feels like we've had a lot of them lately. Here's a sample (the questions asked so far in October, some have been closed).
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Idea Refinement: Clarification and Examples of VTC Reasons for New Users
This page was written before the late 2019 changes to close-voting. However, much of the information is still relevant. -JBH
The Welcome to Worldbuilding.SE! page for new users is up and running. My ...
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Cultural Worldbuilding: How to avoid closure?
I'm hoping to encourage more questions about cultural world building, but cultural world building suffers greatly from being too broad, primarily opinion-based, and too story-based.
One recent ...
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Why is my question not about building a world?
My first question on this site has been put on hold because I am "asking questions about a story set in a world instead of about building a world". I read the linked explanation on meta, but I don't ...
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"I have an implausible end goal. Please tell me how to get there!!"
Plausible Weapon or Other to Cause Space-stage Civilization to Shatter and Revert to Primitive Societies
Since I am horrible at coming up with ideas, I couldn't think of a circumstance or weapon ...
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Why is this on hold?
I do not feel that my thread was put on hold in good faith.
This is the thread.
This is my question:
"What goods, available to Group B, could create a trade relationship that is existential to the ...
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Is it a duplicate if answers aren't satisfactory?
Some questions on Worldbuilding have empirical answers. They are based on real world data and have definitive answers. An answer is expected and should be accepted.
However, much of Worldbuilding ...
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Died of a Theory: A Challenge for Too Story Based and Fishing for Ideas Questions
I wanted to test a theory. I wanted to see what would happen if a question that asked for a narrow list of ideas would react on the site now that a week or two of my previous meta post asking how to ...
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Why does this popular off-topic question stay open?
Could a person scuba diving take off his air tank and use it to propel himself?
Why isn't this one closed as a story set in a world? In what way is it worldbuilding?
Please see related Should we ...
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How is my question about causing a mass exodus "too story based"?
My question was closed as being "too story based," despite that it does not seem to fit this category. @Aify and @XandarTheZenon left a comment saying the question is "too broad/unclear and explained ...
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When should I close a question as "Too Story Based"?
See also: Why is my question "Too Story Based" and how do I get it opened?
What criteria should I use when closing a question as Too Story Based?
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Are questions about the ideal strategy for a dictator story-based?
I asked this question, and after almost a dozen answers, it got closed for being story-based. Mind, I'm quite satisfied with the response I got before that happened, so the reason I'm asking is merely ...
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What is "narrative necessity" and how does it apply to worldbuilding?
As a loose continuation of How best to deal with "what are you expecting?" questions, I believe many new authors don't understand the function of Narrative Necessity in their writing and how ...
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