Timeline for Are campaign research questions on topic? [2012]
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| May 8, 2014 at 5:52 | comment | added | user4075 | Just wanted to add that it's really cruel to send someone off to the hive of scum and villainy that is the scifi site in order to get answers about Star Wars questions. Mentioning a game setting there will get you thoroughly derided. | |
| Aug 2, 2012 at 3:39 | comment | added | mxyzplk Mod | Would you mind summing up your actual actionable answer at the top of your post? | |
| Jul 26, 2012 at 0:06 | comment | added | AceCalhoon | @SevenSidedDie The same can be said for any setting, other than one that is both homebrew and 100% historic. I do think there is a line here... See the numbered list of guidelines above, and the river travel question analysis above. But I think it has more to do with the perspective, scope, and rigor of the question than the topic matter. | |
| Jul 25, 2012 at 22:52 | comment | added | SevenSidedDie | Ah, I see the distinction between arguing for and "there is an argument for". Okay, but about elves: the asker in such cases won't know whether the answer is in a book or in an RPG sourcebook. How can they ask in the right place? (Note also that scifi.SE is for books, TV, and movies—their FAQ doesn't include RPG sources, and strongly implies that the intent is to limit the site to literature and video.) | |
| Jul 25, 2012 at 22:32 | comment | added | AceCalhoon | @SevenSidedDie I don't think that banning all settings questions is necessary (see the comment imediately above yours), only that there is a reasonable argument to be made for it. In the case of the elves of Abeir-Toril, they are part of back story of a successful novel/video game franchise (Forgotten Realms), which also has an RPG component. There's no real difference there than there is in a setting question related to Star Wars... A succesful movie/novel/video game franchise, which also has an RPG component. Well, other than "D&D is synonymous with RPG," I suppose. | |
| Jul 25, 2012 at 21:46 | comment | added | SevenSidedDie | Banning non-design setting questions is extreme and unwarranted. What about a question like, "Are elves native to Abeir-Toril? if not, where did the elves originally come from?" The experts for that will be found here, not on sci-fantasy. | |
| Jul 25, 2012 at 20:48 | history | edited | AceCalhoon | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jul 25, 2012 at 18:53 | comment | added | AceCalhoon | @waxeagle I agree that there are some bad ones back on the main page recently (the animals question linked in Oblivious Sage's answer is basically "List every potential hazard that isn't a fantasy creature!"). But I think a certain amount of the tolerance people have for that kind of question is because of Meta posts like this. They don't want to show weakness, for fear that it will open them up to unilateral action. We need to focus more on improving (downvoting, closing) bad questions, and less on trying to throw topic matter out. | |
| Jul 25, 2012 at 18:07 | comment | added | wax eagle | Perhaps it does feel like these questions are more prevalent than they are, maybe it's just that a couple of the examples are particularly egregious. | |
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| Jul 25, 2012 at 2:49 | history | answered | AceCalhoon | CC BY-SA 3.0 |