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14 questions linked to/from Are questions about rule intent on-topic? [2022]
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Are questions about rule intent on topic? [2018] [duplicate]
A reasonably common type of question on RPG.SE is "Why does this rule exist" or "why is a rule this way?"
These questions come in several flavors, which are not mutually exclusive:
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Are questions of designer intent on-topic for this site? [2014] [duplicate]
Pretty much what it says in the title. I recently asked this question and it has been suggested that it is unanswerable.
A previous question of this type is here, which by my understanding was ...
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Should questions touching upon designer reasons be off topic? [duplicate]
This question refers to the closing of a question I submitted a few years ago.
Is the omission of a racial +2 to wisdom intentional?
At the time, Dungeons and Dragons 5th Edition had a gap, in that ...
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How do we save designer reasoning questions? [2018] [duplicate]
I think we have a bit of a problem with designer reason questions on the site.
A little history: designer-reasons questions were our attempt to save "what is this rule for" questions. Those were ...
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How is the community doing? [2022] [duplicate]
We, the elected moderators, wanted to take a minute to check in and see how the community feels like things are going on the site.
This community check-in has been done for the last few years (...
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So, let’s talk about rule intent and question closing
Admittedly a bit slower that we’d have preferred (our bad), this is a continuance of rule intent discussion. (See why I’m avoiding saying revisit below).
As a brief summary, questions asking for ...
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Is a question that ends up only having 'designer reason' answers off-topic even if designer reasons aren't specifically what the asker is seeking out?
If a user asks the question of why some game element is the way it is, but the user is not specifically looking for designer reasons and there's a reasonable expectation of an in-materials answer as ...
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Why is there a blanket ban on designer intent questions when the issue is only with a subset of rpg systems?
This question comes out of a discussion of the following question:
Should we add 'designers intent' questions to the “don't ask” questions list on the tour?
In Dopplgreener's answer he states
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How can I ask a good designer intent question?
We currently discuss whether designer intent questions are on-topic. There is a decent chance that they might become on-topic again — I wonder how one would ask a good designer intent question. I ...
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Is it time to revisit rule intent questions?
In June '21, Someone_Evil began a discussion: We need to talk about late votes to “policy” metas. As part of the summary of her overwhelmingly supported answer, doppelgreener includes this point:
If ...
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Should we add 'designers intent' questions to the "don't ask" questions list on the tour?
Just as it says on the tin:
This comment was left in response to a question closing.
The "Don't Ask" section of the Help Center doesn't explicitly state
that design intent questions are off ...
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Revisit: Should we include rule intent/designer intent as off-topic in tour and help pages?
In a recent meta question, we had a user bringing a fair point:
I have read the thread. But does a meta-discussion overshadow the official page I've cited? Isn't that illogical? How would a user know ...
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Confusion regarding the topicality of and differences between "history-of-gaming" and "designer-reasons" questions
The current policy on "designer-reasons" questions states that they are off-topic and are considered to be off-topic because they often receive answers that make guesses and do not involve ...
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