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Should lore questions as an entire category be banned?
There are some very vocal users who feel that lore questions should be banned. From what I've been able to find, they were just sort of allowed on Arqade in the first place, as I can't find any meta ...
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Would you like to help shape up our site for Grand Theft Auto 5?
GTA V came out recently. It's quite popular, and has resulted in a humongous traffic boost to Arqade, especially mobile traffic. In fact our mobile traffic was high enough to be over half the mobile ...
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Asking a compound question?
Is there a way to ask a question that compounds on an existing question, other than just linking to it? Like, for instance, if someone had already asked a question concerning the base damage rates of ...
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Is there a 'tag-less' tag?
Is there a tag that we can use for games which we don't already have tags for? While we do have an extensive library of tags, there is no way we have a tag for every single game available on steam, in ...
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Do tags also stand in for sequels?
If there is a tag for a game (generally this applies to less popular/proeminent games), can I use that tag for the game's sequel (this applies at least to the tag "sanctum", because sanctum 2 does not ...
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Is Arqade a place for guides and walkthroughs?
Regarding these kalina's (useful) questions and answers about Payday 2:
How can I pull off a Bank Heist without the cops getting involved?
How can I complete the Diamond Heist without setting off ...
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How do we feel about [spoiler] as a tag?
I would've thought that for some questions regarding quests that occur late in-game that can be considered a spoiler we could've tagged it spoiler but, as I went to edit a question, I realized there ...
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When is it appropriate to close a lore question as “not addressed directly through in-universe sources”?
This is the text for one of our off-topic close reasons.
However, I feel we've got a pretty serious problem with this close reason. This is popularly interpreted as "If the game (or series) doesn't ...
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Is it ok to edit a question to the point that it is no longer the same question?
If you ask a question and the question is a bad one for whatever reason, and upon learning this edit it to the point that it's not even the same question anymore, is that ok?
This question is what ...
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Should a GTA 5 tag be made ready?
Tomorrow, in the UK (I don't know about the RoW I'm afraid) the next instalment in the GTA series is released. In preparation for a flood of new questions should a GTA 5 tag be added (gta-5?) so that ...
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Is programming, in a game, on topic here?
Sometimes, within a game you find programmable entities. A great example are the Turtles of Computer Craft, a minecraft mod. If I had a question about programming Turtles, or anything else that's ...
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How to proceed when reviewing questions with helpful comments
When reviewing I've found cases similar to this incomplete answer, where there is a comment explaining how to improve it. What is the correct procedure?
Should I upvote the comment? Should I "Looks ...
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What is an entire question down voted called? [closed]
I don't know if there is a problem but I found this question. IS there something wrong with it? They are all -1 voted.
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Tag name for Amnesia: A machine for pigs?
Its a little too long to be amnesia-a-machine-for-pigs. For now I have it at amnesia-machine-for-pigs (dropping the 'a'), but other options could be a-machine-for-pigs or something else.
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Should there be a diablo-3-console tag?
There are some major gameplay differences between the console and PC versions of Diablo-3. According to this meta post, should those questions be tagged diablo-3-console instead?
Example question: ...
