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15 questions linked to/from How is the [system-agnostic] tag supposed to be used?
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How is the community doing? [2019] [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.
We did this in 2017 and 2018 and it was very helpful. So again we'd ...
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Should I use a narrow system tag, or use a broader tag?
I am playing D&D 4e and I have a question about how I can create an excellent pirate adventure. Since people have pirate adventures in other RPG systems, and Stack Exchange is about useful answers,...
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A low-intervention approach [rules-as-written]: back to tagging basics
Sometime during the weeks of wrangling over the rules-as-written tag it occurred to me that, I am pretty sure, we've fallen into a fundamental error that may be the cause of all the problems:
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Is [system-agnostic] a meta tag?
system-agnostic has been bugging me lately, and I think it's because it's become a meta tag, at least in how it's commonly used now.
In The Death of Meta Tags, they're described thus:
meta-tags […...
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Why do we ask for the body of the question to demonstrate the tags it uses?
In a few questions I've raised in the past, it's been pointed out to me that it is not enough to just include the tags you categorize the Q into, but also call it out in the body of the Q itself. I've ...
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Do we need the System-Agnostic Tag?
Is the system-agnostic necessary anymore? We have quite a number of questions tagged with it, but does the tag actually add value?
I'm asking because I recently had system-agnostic identified as one ...
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Are our implicit-information tagging practices becoming a problem?
We have some tags that seem to regularly get used such that they imply information about the post, which isn’t actually stated in the post itself.
our various system tags, including [system-agnostic]....
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Is it against policy or bad practice to attempt system-agnostic answers to questions whose system has not been specified?
This answer (now deleted) was added to a question that is now closed because the system wasn't detailed by the querent. In it, the user first attempts a system-agnostic answer, and then gives the ...
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Why do I need to specify my game system, and how do I best do it?
I asked a question, but it was closed, with users asking what system
I was asking about. What do they mean, and why do I need to specify
this?
Someone said my question was missing a system tag. What ...
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What should I do when a question does not specify the game system being used?
Occasionally, a user will post a question that includes neither a system tag nor an explicit statement of the system being played.
Since we no longer have a policy of immediately closing such ...
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Does the [system-agnostic] tag conflict with system specific tags?
In this question, the asker tagged his question with system-agnostic. He also tagged it with dnd-3.5e and dungeons-and-dragons.
Is this contradictory or in some way contrary to the spirit of the ...
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Should this question about player attendance be system agnostic?
This question is asking about an issue that seems like it is pretty clear of system mechanics. However, it started as being tagged with dnd-5e and it is clear that is the game being played.
I ...
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How can I find questions that don’t require system-/setting-specific knowledge to answer?
I thought of this while reading the “this is DND-ish SE” answer. When the systems you play most have 0 and 11 questions, game tags aren’t a useful option to find questions interesting to you. How do ...
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Should I have removed the [pathfinder-2e] tag from this question?
This question was asked.
When I read it, it seemed to be a general one, and most of the advice was system agnostic, so I removed the [pathfinder-2e] tag and added the [system-agnostic] tag.
But, then ...
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