Linked Questions
37 questions linked to/from Inactive Sandbox 2018
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Sandbox for Proposed Questions
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Welcome to the Sandbox!
This "Sandbox" is a place where Worldbuilding.SE users can get feedback on prospective questions ...
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Should we improve the discoverability of our Sandbox?
I think you've seen this pattern: a new user have an interesting idea, it contains a "grain" of a good, suitable question (sometimes several), and they post it in a way that don't fit our ...
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Why can't I put my own questions on hold - or have it happen automatically
Some questions are easy to formulate and can stand as they are.
Some are complicated. They tend to attract a mix of comments asking for clarification together with hasty answers that haven't been ...
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Does something resembling a FAQ exist
I have to say, I just stumbled upon this and I love the idea of the site and the quality of its contributors.
I wanted to know if some kind of FAQ exists.
Reason for this is I am interested in ...
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Can we make “on hold” less terrible?
Being put "on hold" sucks. Yes, I get it - it's a chance to edit questions without getting unhelpful answers, and a grand opportunity for us to make the question better and thus improve the ...
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Is strict moderating discouraging newer members to add to the community?
I'm now on StackExchange for several weeks, having asked few questions and answered some. Now there's something I observed (in worldbuilding, but in other StackExchange-sites too) that moderators are ...
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Aren't all questions and answers about alien culture opinion based? Or magic, for that matter? [duplicate]
I respect the rules of the board. My first question was about how telepathic aliens could effectively communicate ideas with non-telepathic humans. Answers of course are going to be creative and ...
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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).
Why ...
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Is the World building forum less effective than using individual forums related to your question?
IE, if I wanted calculate a twin moon orbit for a fantasy world that revolves around binary stars, would it be easier to just ask the physics stack exchange instead of the world building stack ...
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What would a reptile with Facial and Speech muscles look like? [duplicate]
I have been wondering about how humans require facial muscles in order to be able to produce speech, mammals also have these facial muscles that could allow them to speak if they had the brain power ...
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Should certain tags automatically require answers to use SI Units rather than other, more traditional, systems of measurement?
SI Units form the official language of international science. As such I want to discuss whether questions that are tagged for either science-based or hard-science should automatically warrant the use ...
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Why is one question acceptable, but another unacceptable?
So, I'm not asking this because I'm terribly offended or anything. I legitimately want to better understand the methods for discerning good from bad questions here:
This question received generally ...
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Can we Sandbox meta questions?
Recently I saw this question draft in the Sandbox, entitled "Meta Question: Should the science-based and/or hard-science tags automatically require answers to use S.I. Units?" While I look forward to ...
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Please lower the reputation requirement to participate on WB.SE Meta
This is a follow-up to the well-received discussion Should the rep requirement for Meta be lowered to 1?
Currently users need 5 reputation to participate in Meta. The reason for this requirement, ...
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Catalog of common comment scripts
Over the course of time I have copied the common comment statements of others (e.g. "Welcome to Worldbuilding.SE!") and have had my comment statements copied by others.
The problem is that simply ...