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Please lower the reputation requirement to participate on WB.SE Meta
Yes, we should lower the reputation requirement, for questions and answers
Lowering the reputation requirement to post answers, and therefore to participate in the Sandbox, is a good step to make ...
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Are there any rules or a specific format for "Welcome to WorldBuilding!" comments?
No, there are neither rules nor a specific format for such comments
There are no rules about this. And that is my standard comment to welcome new users if their posts are not especially good or bad so ...
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Is strict moderating discouraging newer members to add to the community?
I'm one of the mods here, but I have a tendency to stay away from unilaterally closing questions from anyone, at least immediately after they've been asked. The big problem with me voting to close, of ...
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Is strict moderating discouraging newer members to add to the community?
I've got a few thoughts on this too, although I'm not a moderator so the answers you've gotten from L.Dutch and HDE may be more what you're looking for.
The challenge here is in error rates - because ...
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Checklist for the perfect answer - Idea refinement
Question: Are you actually answering the question, within the constraints stated in the question?
Should be answered: Yes
Worldbuilding SE is a part of the Stack Exchange network, ...
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Aren't handles unique?
This is no bug - the user is unregistered
Clicking on his profile shows that he is unregistered. Therefore each question he asks is handled differently. The handle shows that this is very likely the ...
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Can Glarnak save us from the Stack Exchange app?
Glarnak is not almighty - banning the StackExchange App won't stop crap from being posted
There will still be user##### that don't give a damn and come in from the ...
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Can Glarnak save us from the Stack Exchange app?
I kinda think you're putting too much thought and effort into it. Those answers are annoying, but also really simple to deal with.
I see there being two options:
Read the questions one line, roll ...
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Idea Refinement: Clarification and Examples of VTC Reasons for New Users
VTC Reason: Primarily Opinion-Based (POB)
This is the most difficult VTC reason for new users to understand because it is different from the default reason provided by Stack Exchange and we cannot ...
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Should we improve the discoverability of our Sandbox?
While steering new users to the Sandbox is good, the real problem is that experienced users don't read it and comment. I've used it myself and got almost no comments on my question proposal (the ...
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Can Glarnak save us from the Stack Exchange app?
Nope
Glarnak will immediately be subsumed into the movement to make Stack Exchange more welcoming.
You see, the problem isn't low quality posts. The problem is that we aren't sufficiently ...
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Checklist for the perfect answer - Idea refinement
Question: Is your answer consistent with present-day relevant scientific knowledge, or does the question specifically ask for or allow for answers based in something other than present-day scientific ...
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Is strict moderating discouraging newer members to add to the community?
One of the moderators here.
Back in the first times of the Internet, it was good practice, when joining an internet community, to spend some time just lurking around and observing the behaviors in ...
L.DutchMod
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Should we improve the discoverability of our Sandbox?
Absolutely
While I can't say I entirely agree with Renan's interpretation of new users who experience the negative impact of a poorly formed question, I do agree with him entirely on the fact that ...
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We've suddenly begun beating the snot out of new(ish) users - and that's saying something coming from me
Before you or anybody gets mad at new users not looking at the Help Center.
Someone needs to make the Help Center very visible on the website. There is only one link to the Help Center on the front ...
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Checklist for the perfect answer - Idea refinement
Question: Is your answer clearly formatted and legible?
Should be answered: Yes
Layout is important
Titles are a great way to get a point across quickly, if your answer allows a brief phrase summary ...
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Is strict moderating discouraging newer members to add to the community?
Do you think newer people could/should get some "getting-used-to-it"-time so they can explore the ins and outs of the site and how to partake properly?
Not only on Stack Exchange sites, but in all ...
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Checklist for the perfect answer - Idea refinement
Question: Is the question likely to be closed/Should the question be closed?
Should be answered: No
If the question should be closed you should focus on either getting the question closed or editing ...
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Please lower the reputation requirement to participate on WB.SE Meta
As of today, August 9 2018, the meta rep requirement of 1 is live for questions and answers; Shog just enabled it. All users should be able to post on meta - barring those suspended, of course. This ...
HDE 226868Mod
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Should we improve the discoverability of our Sandbox?
On Programming Puzzles and Code Golf, their Sandbox is always featured, so it shows up in the sidebar.
One drawback of this method is that featured posts are un-featured a month after the tag was ...
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How many rep to remove "new contributor" tag?
According to the official release about the "New Contributor" flag,
tl;dr;: Folks will see an indicator when they go to interact with new contributors (visible for a week following their ...
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We've suddenly begun beating the snot out of new(ish) users - and that's saying something coming from me
I'm not keen on downvoting in general, and use upvotes for questions that check all the boxes or are simply > Quite Interesting. I find downvotes really demotivating myself, and reserve them almost ...
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Is there any high concept question test more specific than the book test?
The most basic form of a high concept question is that it suggests a small change and then asks what large consequences may occur. They are considered off-topic for violating one or more of the ...
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Checklist for the perfect answer - Idea refinement
Question: Have you read the other answers posted for the question to ensure you are not duplicating what another has already posted?
Should be answered: Yes.
You should not read the question and ...
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Checklist for the perfect answer - Idea refinement
Question: Are you summarizing the relevant parts from links you provided?
Should be answered: Yes
It's important to summarize the most important parts from linked resources in your ...
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Please lower the reputation requirement to participate on WB.SE Meta
Yes, we should lower the reputation requirement, but only for answers
Lowering the reputation requirement to post answers, and therefore to participate in the Sandbox, is a good step to make ...
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What is "narrative necessity" and how does it apply to worldbuilding?
Narrative Necessity
Like all great ideas, the notion of narrative necessity is really quite simple. At its most fundamental, it means quite literally that any story (as story) needs certain things to ...
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Checklist for the perfect answer - Idea refinement
Question: Can your answer be boiled down to "use magic"?
Should be answered: No! Nononononoo!
Even if a question is talking about magic do not take that as a liberty to answer with '...
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Idea Refinement: Clarification and Examples of VTC Reasons for New Users
VTC Reason: Off-Topic: Unclear what you're asking (OT:UWA)
Stack Exchange (SE) is not a forum for discussion. It is Q&A site, meaning that an Original Poster (OP) asks one specific question and ...
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Idea Refinement: Clarification and Examples of VTC Reasons for New Users
VTC Reason: Off-Topic: This question belongs on another site in the Stack Exchange network (OT:SITE)
Most Stack Exchange sites have rules regarding whether or not they will accept a question migrated ...
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Only top scored, non community-wiki answers of a minimum length are eligible