Frequent Questions
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What criteria should we use for QCing for ALL "identification-request" questions?
We've previously voted that we need a set of guidelines to quality control (QC) identification-request questions that will be added to our help center. These guidelines will be applied to ALL (new and ...
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2021 Policy Review: How do we want to name series tags?
Given the recent question How should "My Status as an Assassin Obviously Exceeds the Hero's" be tagged? I think it's good time to codify a policy in regards to series tag names.
As it ...
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What we'd like to do about those gosh darn "identification requests" questions
This discussion is now closed.
Here's phase 1 of what we've decided to do about identification-requests (deprecating).
Here's phase 2 (blacklisting).
Here's phase 3 (delete and lock).
TL;DR for ...
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What is the status of list questions on this site?
In the first brainstorming session, we've discussed the status of "list" questions on Anime and Manga.
What are list questions?
Any question which asks for a list of items as the answer. Some ...
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What should our policy be regarding spoilers?
Considering the topic of our site, I think it's important that we discuss the issue of spoilers early so it doesn't become an issue later. With that in mind, things we need to address:
When should ...
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What do we do with questions about future events/releases?
What should we do with questions regrading future events or releases? This question for instance: https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/37/will-bleach-air-again cannot be seriously answered, ...
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Should we allow recommendation questions?
For those who reach here but still need help with recommendations, feel free to peruse You want recommendations? Here's a list of them
People might want to ask about anime / manga which are ...
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Should we expand our scope?
The way I see it, we need to expand our scope a little bit, to be able to accept questions from a far wider audience.
Very few people only watch anime/read manga. Most of them watch other series and ...
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How do we deal with copyrighted material on our site?
What do we do about questions or answers which contain questionably copyrighted material?
This includes:
Embedded scanlation images
YouTube links to episodes or parts of them
Links to fansub groups
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You want recommendations? Here's a list of them
This is the special meta post where we post our recommendations. It's not for asking, just for posting whatever you feel like others would be interested in watching/reading/playing/hearing.
Also, ...
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What identification requests are acceptable here? Otherwise, where else can I possibly get helped with it?
I remember/saw/heard something from an anime/manga/other media, but I don't know what it is.
However, it seems this site doesn't accept some kinds of identification requests:
Story-based/image ...
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How can I tell if a site is Legal?
How can I tell if a site which is linked to/mentioned in a question and/or answer is a legal site?
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Let's take a look back at our site policies (2015 Edition)
As moderator election are coming to an end, I would like to invite members of the community to take some time to review all the policies we've made in the past and see if they are still relevant, but ...
кяαzєяMod
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Can we get some more definitive numbers on identification-request stats?
Identification requests are a constant cause for concern in our community. Some say we should ban then altogether, some argue that we should just be more rigid in enforcing a set of guidelines, some ...
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Policy Review: Image-only id requests
It's that time again, let's look at another aspect of the site that you picked for review. Our continuity tagging experiment is still underway, but this is an item I've wanted to review for a while.
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