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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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Should we ban posts using ChatGPT or similar software?
Recently, the chatbot ChatGPT was released and experienced a surge in popularity. It's reasonably good at mimicking humans, and it has a database of information to draw on. The upshot is that you can ...
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My answer was deleted. An explanation is warranted
I see L.Dutch deleted my answer here.
Disasters to prompt the bettering of civilisation
Without explanation. It seems like a good answer to me. I was happy with it. OP wanted a cataclysmic ...
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How can I search better for topics already covered?
Twice now I've started to ask a question only to be told parts were already covered.
Would be so much easier to have a Search Box up top, to be able to search knowledge base before trying to formulate ...
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Sandbox for proposed Questions
The Sandbox works best if you sort posts by "active" (click here to do so).
Welcome to the Sandbox!
This "Sandbox" is a place where Worldbuilding.SE users can get feedback on ...
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Saturnian Cloud Cities Series
Note: This question post is going to be kept as a catalogue/archive for the questions in my series "Saturnian Cloud Cities". It is going to be updated from time-to-time, to add links to new ...
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Suspended for 1 year by bot
I asked this question How to calculate the strength of fictional creatures when creating them or at least be precise and believable? and then the morning after found my account deleted.
Then I tried ...
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The Rules and the Worldbuilding Resources Tag
Background
A recent question asked about designing the biological sexes of alien creatures. Not surprising in our world today, the OP's original question used the word "gender," even going ...
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How to ask a really big question?
Ok so here’s the sitch. I wanna ask a question on the normal World Building Stack Exchange website but the question I’ve prepared is absolutely massive in size. Like, at least 900 words total. It ...
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Advice: How to ask for a review of your idea
Periodically we see questions of the following form:
After reading the back story and my description of my worldbuilding idea, what do you think?
I'm going to call this question type a Review My ...
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How can we best promote our work to this site's users?
Worldbuilding SE is a place where the users ask questions about their world building... obviously. However, I've noticed that while asking my questions, I sometimes get comments to the effect that ...
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Can we reopen the question about a colony on Neptune?
This question seems to have had some back and forth between WB and Astronomy.se:
Potential Neptune Colony
It was closed due to needing clarity. I think it is answerable as it is, but I cannot vote to ...
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What is the first question on the Worldbuilding Stack Exchange site?
What is the first question that was asked on the Worldbuilding website?
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Is World Building a good fit for Stack Exchange?
I was reading an answer to one of the questions asked on Meta - a question I think needs revisiting.
The answer states the following:
Ask 10 people what "Worldbuilding" is, and you'll get ...
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The spirit of the site Vs the rules of the site
I recently had a question closed, with very little in the way of feedback or explanation, because the question didn't fit in with the current rules. The fact that the question was 7 years old and ...
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I have excess rep to spend and want to get old questions answered
I have about 6000 rep right now, but I have kind of lost my will to participate in this site. After thinking about it a bit I realized that one easy way to use my current rep is to do the following. ...
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How to stop a moderator when they have too much power?
How do you stop a moderator when they have so much power? they can literally destroy you in an instant, so what can you possibly do?
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Why has my 7 year old question suddenly been made off topic?
This is the question.
I don't know why this question has been closed - the reason given is "This question does not appear to be about worldbuilding, within the scope defined in the help center&...
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Why are some things impossible in fiction?
Ok, so this is kind of a meta worldbuilding question, but it doesn't really fit meta. It is more about worldbuilding itself. I have been browsing the site for a while, and I have gathered that things ...
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Speculative but factual Books: Worldbuilding or not?
Reference question: Is an atmosphere's oxygen partial pressure or concentration more biologically significant?
While discussing with the OP why they were looking for so much detail the OP said the ...
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What rationale was used to justify the VTC as Opinion-Based and how can we avoid using this VTC reason in the future?
I'm a firm believer in quickly closing questions that need improvement — but I'm also a believer that the "Opinion Based" VTC reason is the least useful, if not completely useless, reason to ...
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What criteria was used by the Community user to delete this question?
Referring to: https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/q/236367/40609
Does anyone know what the current criteria is for the Community user to automatically delete a question?
I looked at this criteria ...
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An Invitation to Meta visitors to participate beyond reading posts
Most Meta posts are visited 75-150 times. Those same Meta posts tend to accumulate (at a rough guess and on average) a total of 8-12 unique votes.
Meta works because you're willing to move your mouse ...
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Should the Worldbuilding-Process tag be discontinued?
Relevant test question on Main:
Magic Systems: Advice for developing opposing forces
The roll-over text for the Worldbuilding-Process tag reads:
For questions about the process of creating a new ...
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Are ARG-related questions allowed?
Am I allowed to ask questions on Worldbuilding for an ARG (Alternate Reality Game) that I'm creating?
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Why is "brainstorming" in of itself against the rules -- why was my question closed as "opinion based"?
Regarding this post.
Initially it was accused of being a "brainstorming" question, and unclear based on the phrasing "how would they stay in business. I edited the question to be more ...
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Is there a reason we can't give bounty-like facilities to questions on Worldbuilding?
Worldbuilding is a unique SE site in that, users often spend as much, if not more time, to craft and moderate questions than answers.
A person that asks the question has to do research, formatting, ...
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Are questions about game mechanics in litrpgs allowed on this site?
In a recent question, the idea of discussing worldbuilding in the context of game mechanics and litrpg things was discussed. KerrAvon2055 and sphennings stated that game mechanics were off limits for ...
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(How) Can I filter out closed questions?
As far as I can tell, the "custom filter" offers no such option. Is there another way I am missing?
To be specific, I'd like to modify the list of questions on https://worldbuilding....
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Should I edit/improve my 6 year old but still being voted/commented on (accepted) answer?
My answer to the question What would make scientists realize they were on a flat world? still keeps getting votes and comments. I've long since concluded that some of them are spot on and my answer ...
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Does building a character's backstory count as world building?
Does the worldbuilding stack accept questions relating to a single character. For example, how they might have gotten a specific injury, or what might have lead to them having a certain type of ...
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This Meta has an invalid HTTPS certificate
I came here for a different reason, but was welcomed with an error as follows.
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Inhouse widgets?
Some of the other SE sites have some real formatting wizardry going on: chess allows for move by move playback in the post, others have video embedding features.
Although not all posts on WB would ...
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Can I get rid of dumb perfectionism anxiety attack fueled questions? (And other question fixes)
I have perfectionism anxiety about my creature design and world building, which sometimes come in attacks that compel me to ask a question on here that was dumb or obvious to me later. At least three ...
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