I also like this idea, but I wonder if it's going to really fix the problem long term.

History of the RAW Tag

Here's all the meta questions debating the RAW tag and its meaning, use, and validity, stretching back to 2012: http://meta.rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/rules-as-written (it makes for interesting reading, especially as many participants, including mods past present and future, change their minds about the tag over time). And it appears that the problem is festering, because every time the question comes up (posted by different people each time) you can see that it is the cause of an even larger explosion of bad feeling on the site, you can clearly see the escalation in each set of posts as time goes on. That's the core problem that needs fixing, and it's one that is brutally obvious and needs no further proof. We haven't been solving the problem, we've been saying stuff that sounds good and kicking it down the road, allowing it to snowball to where now it is nuclear to even discuss.

We've Talked About This Solution Before - But It Didn't Stick

In these previous questions about [rules-as-written] we've gone through several rounds over the years of declaring "tags should describe questions not answers" and "don't use it as a meta tag" and "tags shouldn't have special rules" and all the same things we're saying here, all of which I agree with per se. But we've said them all before. What exactly are we going to do this time to get this to stop being such a bone of contention?

Disclaimer

Obviously the RAW playstyle is welcome here, just like other playstyles - very few of which we have tags for, I will note. The discussion about tags and how to apply tags is completely separate from playstyle accommodation and shouldn't be viewed as an attack on it. (We planned to burninate the [gm] tag too, and not because of a player-led pogrom against gamemasters everywhere.)

Conclusion: We Need To Bring This To A Conclusion

I don't have a specific solution I am recommending at this time, but we need to solve the problem for good now - if we just kick it down the road again because "it's painful and people are all heated up," we're just relegating the site to 10x as much vitriol and disruption in another X months when it comes up again, brought up by yet another user who perceives the unresolved ambiguities. We should consider whether this proposal does enough or whether it's just a longer version of some of the answers that have already been posed for this problem over the last 4 years, and how we actionably intend for it to turn out differently this time.

I also like this idea, but I wonder if it's going to really fix the problem long term.

History of the RAW Tag

Here's all the meta questions debating the RAW tag and its meaning, use, and validity, stretching back to 2012: https://rpg.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/rules-as-written (it makes for interesting reading, especially as many participants, including mods past present and future, change their minds about the tag over time). And it appears that the problem is festering, because every time the question comes up (posted by different people each time) you can see that it is the cause of an even larger explosion of bad feeling on the site, you can clearly see the escalation in each set of posts as time goes on. That's the core problem that needs fixing, and it's one that is brutally obvious and needs no further proof. We haven't been solving the problem, we've been saying stuff that sounds good and kicking it down the road, allowing it to snowball to where now it is nuclear to even discuss.

We've Talked About This Solution Before - But It Didn't Stick

In these previous questions about [rules-as-written] we've gone through several rounds over the years of declaring "tags should describe questions not answers" and "don't use it as a meta tag" and "tags shouldn't have special rules" and all the same things we're saying here, all of which I agree with per se. But we've said them all before. What exactly are we going to do this time to get this to stop being such a bone of contention?

Disclaimer

Obviously the RAW playstyle is welcome here, just like other playstyles - very few of which we have tags for, I will note. The discussion about tags and how to apply tags is completely separate from playstyle accommodation and shouldn't be viewed as an attack on it. (We planned to burninate the [gm] tag too, and not because of a player-led pogrom against gamemasters everywhere.)

Conclusion: We Need To Bring This To A Conclusion

I don't have a specific solution I am recommending at this time, but we need to solve the problem for good now - if we just kick it down the road again because "it's painful and people are all heated up," we're just relegating the site to 10x as much vitriol and disruption in another X months when it comes up again, brought up by yet another user who perceives the unresolved ambiguities. We should consider whether this proposal does enough or whether it's just a longer version of some of the answers that have already been posed for this problem over the last 4 years, and how we actionably intend for it to turn out differently this time.

I also like this idea, but I wonder if it's going to really fix the problem long term.

Here's all the meta questions debating the RAW tag and its meaning, use, and validity, stretching back to 2012: http://meta.rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/rules-as-written (it makes for interesting reading, especially as many participants, including mods past present and future, change their minds about the tag over time). And it appears that the problem is festering, because every time the question comes up (posted by different people each time) you can see that it is the cause of an even larger explosion of bad feeling on the site, you can clearly see the escalation in each set of posts as time goes on. That's the core problem that needs fixing, and it's one that is brutally obvious and needs no further proof. We haven't been solving the problem, we've been saying stuff that sounds good and kicking it down the road, allowing it to snowball to where now it is nuclear to even discuss.

In these previous questions about [rules-as-written] we've gone through several rounds over the years of declaring "tags should describe questions not answers" and "don't use it as a meta tag" and "tags shouldn't have special rules" and all the same things we're saying here, all of which I agree with per se. But we've said them all before. What exactly are we going to do this time to get this to stop being such a bone of contention?

Obviously the RAW playstyle is welcome here, just like other playstyles - very few of which we have tags for, I will note. The discussion about tags and how to apply tags is completely separate from playstyle accommodation and shouldn't be viewed as an attack on it. (We planned to burninate the [gm] tag too, and not because of a player-led pogrom against gamemasters everywhere.)

I don't have a specific solution I am recommending at this time, but we need to solve the problem for good now - if we just kick it down the road again because "it's painful and people are all heated up," we're just relegating the site to 10x as much vitriol and disruption in another X months when it comes up again, brought up by yet another user who perceives the unresolved ambiguities. We should consider whether this proposal does enough or whether it's just a longer version of some of the answers that have already been posed for this problem over the last 4 years, and how we actionably intend for it to turn out differently this time.

I also like this idea, but I wonder if it's going to really fix the problem long term.

History of the RAW Tag

Here's all the meta questions debating the RAW tag and its meaning, use, and validity, stretching back to 2012: http://meta.rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/rules-as-written (it makes for interesting reading, especially as many participants, including mods past present and future, change their minds about the tag over time). And it appears that the problem is festering, because every time the question comes up (posted by different people each time) you can see that it is the cause of an even larger explosion of bad feeling on the site, you can clearly see the escalation in each set of posts as time goes on. That's the core problem that needs fixing, and it's one that is brutally obvious and needs no further proof. We haven't been solving the problem, we've been saying stuff that sounds good and kicking it down the road, allowing it to snowball to where now it is nuclear to even discuss.

We've Talked About This Solution Before - But It Didn't Stick

In these previous questions about [rules-as-written] we've gone through several rounds over the years of declaring "tags should describe questions not answers" and "don't use it as a meta tag" and "tags shouldn't have special rules" and all the same things we're saying here, all of which I agree with per se. But we've said them all before. What exactly are we going to do this time to get this to stop being such a bone of contention?

Disclaimer

Obviously the RAW playstyle is welcome here, just like other playstyles - very few of which we have tags for, I will note. The discussion about tags and how to apply tags is completely separate from playstyle accommodation and shouldn't be viewed as an attack on it. (We planned to burninate the [gm] tag too, and not because of a player-led pogrom against gamemasters everywhere.)

Conclusion: We Need To Bring This To A Conclusion

I don't have a specific solution I am recommending at this time, but we need to solve the problem for good now - if we just kick it down the road again because "it's painful and people are all heated up," we're just relegating the site to 10x as much vitriol and disruption in another X months when it comes up again, brought up by yet another user who perceives the unresolved ambiguities. We should consider whether this proposal does enough or whether it's just a longer version of some of the answers that have already been posed for this problem over the last 4 years, and how we actionably intend for it to turn out differently this time.