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Is it only permissible to ask a question if it is in the context of a specific world I'm trying to build?

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Anatomically Correct Series

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If a question is closed as Too Story-Based, does it automatically belong on Writing Stack Exchange?

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Why have these off-topic questions not been closed?

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The duplicate close reason has certain flaws

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Policy: Review-My-Idea questions are permissible

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Clarification: RMIQ and Creature Design

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What to do about questions that require other questions to answer?

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Should we have a defined question structure for new contributors?

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Sandbox for Proposed Questions

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Trish's answer to a closed question deserves a bounty - but bounties are forbidden for closed questions - so please up-vote it

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Suggestion to reword "book" answer questions in the don't ask section

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Who’s making the rules, WorldBuilding or SE?

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How to make a clear difference between open ended questions and asking for reasoning?

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What were the 2 major rules changes in the last 9 years?

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Is posting a question that's a revise of a previous one allowed?

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Can AI software be used to proofread?

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Can opinion based questions be answered anyway? Should they?

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Why can’t/shouldn’t the ‘internal-consistency’ tag be used with the ‘science-fiction’ tag?

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Is it ok to slightly refine my questions that already have accepted answers?

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Should the Worldbuilding-Process tag be discontinued?

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Why is "brainstorming" in of itself against the rules -- why was my question closed as "opinion based"?

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2023: a year in moderation

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Why does the reputation system exist?

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Clarification: RMIQ question completeness

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How could/should RMIQs for text-based worldbuilding work?

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Simplified rules for opinion-based questions

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What is the difference between RMIQ and reality-check questions?

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2024: a year in moderation

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What sorts of comments am I allowed to make on my own question?

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Answers that didn't answer the question

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Could “history of worldbuilding” questions be on-topic?

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What is the Worldbuilding site about?

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The relationship between World building and Narrative/Story

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A Concise List of "The Rules"

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Welcome to Worldbuilding.SE!

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How does the Sandbox work? How do I use it?

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Policy: The Rule of Cool answer type

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Is the wording of the guideline on providing an answer and soliciting more opposite the intent of the guideline?

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Thoughts on adding a Close reason: Rule of Cool [closed]

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How to deal with questions that are clearly not meant seriously?

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Viability of asking general or simple questions?

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Allow internal-consistency tags with science-fiction, science-based, or hard-science tags

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Is there a reason, this specific SE site is unbearably slow?

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Read-only mode issue?

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Backpack questions: any viable way?


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