Questions tagged [answers]
For all questions that are primarily about answers - both on mainsite and on Meta. (If a more relevant/appropriate tag exists, it may be used alongside or instead of this one.)
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Can we get a custom "suspected AI abuse" deletion reason in review queues?
Recently we decisively decided to ban ChatGPT. It would be welcome to indicate to other users in the review queues that we suspect AI-Chatbot abuse using a template comment.
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Should an answer be rewritten completely if new external info becomes available?
My question was prompted by this answer where the rules were unclear at the time of answering. The complete answer was now replaced with recent info from errata. The question wasn't ever changed in a ...
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Should I provide an answer even if I voted to close a question?
Sometimes I feel that a question has some value, but it is formulated in a unclear way, or it seems to ask two questions in one post, which is not recommended. Despite its value, the question is not ...
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How do I build a proper answer without sounding condescending?
A small note before the question itself : I'm unsure if this kind of question fits Meta, since it could easily be interpreted as nothing more than "How do I not offend other human beings?". ...
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Should I accept an answer to a homebrew-review question if I think I might be biased?
Suppose I ask a homebrew-review question, and I receive at least one answer that, though acceptable with respect to the site rules, I don't particularly like. (Maybe I feel they didn't read my post ...
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Is it okay to heavily correct a question/answer that contains a lot of typos/grammar errors?
Sometimes one can find a question or an answer containing a lot of typos and/or grammar errors: is it ok to proceed in correcting them (at the best of one's knowledge) or is it better to leave a ...
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Is it okay to post a non-answer and then delete it if I intend to come back later and write an actual answer?
I've observed a few cases of users posting a non-answer on a question and then deleting the answer, usually leaving a note in the answer text about how they will come back later and write an actual ...
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Is it better to use or not use personal pronouns? Specifically, "I" in questions and "you" in answers?
I noticed GcL put comments under answers to the this question and edited its title with this edit description: "Removed personal tone from title."
Old Title:
Can I make a Wall of Stone with ...
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Can we have an Opinion deletion reason?
Answers are supposed to provide references, or at least arguments supporting their view.
However, with some low quality posts like the one below, the issue is that someone just provides some statement ...
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Did I incorrectly flag these posts?
I'm currently flag-banned from flagging posts due to several declined flags on posts that I believe do not answer the question What to do when a player loses or forgets their character sheet? emphasis ...
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Version labels for answers: is this a tool we could use?
Stack Exchange recently announced version labeling for answers, something they will initially work on implementing at Stack Overflow. The details are laid out in this Meta Stack Exchange post: Version ...
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Question and Answer text areas remain blank even as the preview updates with what I typed (Win 10, Firefox 92.0.1) (fixed in FF 93.0?)
I cannot see what I am typing right now:
Bizarrely, after adding that image I have some “bad character” boxes:
This is on Windows 10, Firefox 92.0.1
Comment boxes are fine. Other text areas on other ...
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Does this answer about towns protecting themselves against dragons really need to be deleted?
A new user recently left this answer to How did towns mundanely protect themselves against Dragons or bring them to the ground?. The answer is currently deleted so is only visible to 10k users. ...
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Answering off-topic questions
Recently, the question What are some easy all-in-one options to play TTRPGs online with only phones? was closed (correctly, I think) as off-topic. By my understanding, the Roomba will clean it in ~9 ...
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How are you meant to provide personal experience on mostly mathematical questions?
In What can I do to make a Kobold encounter interesting? there was a question of how to make an encounter more challenging.
I noted the example of Tucker's kobolds, where you lead the people to ...
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Why do my answers and comments keep getting shut down because I say "thank you"?
Every time I post an answer to my question or someone makes a small suggestion I respond and then I say something along the lines of "Thanks" or "Thank you". This ends up in my ...
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What is the etiquette for adding supplemental information to a good answer?
On this question, a user provided an excellent mathematical derivation of a numerical question that had been asked and provide a plot of the results. I thought that a different form of plot was a ...
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What's wrong with this answer?
Here is a question I asked a couple of months ago — Is "a special melee attack" an actual game term?
Most upvoted answers agreed that there was no game term "special melee attack", ...
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Does a high score on an answer excuse the requirement to back up the answer?
Existing Guidance
Reviewing guidance on meta and our post notice on main, it seems we put forward as a matter of substantive policy that answers must be backed up and supported, either objectively ...
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Are interviews reliable sources for supporting an answer?
The current site policy is to not consider tweets from Jeremy Crawford (or other game designers) as main support for answers to D&D 5e questions, following the Official Ruling section in the Sage ...
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How do we deal with duplicate questions where a rule change has made an old answer obsolete?
So today I came across a question about booming blade, which has been closed as a duplicate of this question.
They are duplicates, but a rule change has potentially made the old answer obsolete.
A ...
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Why am I banned from posting?
I answered the questions and suggestions, but I am apparently not allowed to post now. Please explain. I apologise if I overstepped somewhere. I'm new to this exchange.
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Should we refrain from posting answers which rely on unreleased content?
Today is the day of the Tasha's Cauldron of Everything release. Answers quoting its content starting showing up yesterday. Since it is here now, obviously this question does not apply to Tasha's ...
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Why was my answer to a question about the naming of oozes deemed "not an answer"?
I recently answered the question What's the difference between a jelly, a pudding, and other oozes? by saying that there is no answer to discover. However, my answer was deleted. That's fine in ...
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Should I accept an opinion-based answer if an objective one doesn't appear to be forthcoming?
I asked this question about the limitations of the Pathfinder spell stone shape, which are not well-defined in the game system. I was looking for either an explicit rule that I missed, an evidence-...
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Is it okay/good practice to cite other answers just after publishing your own?
Sometimes it takes time to write a (hopefully) good answer: you have to search for references, for the exact wording of rules on manuals, looking for the description of a particular magic item, etc.
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Why are users saying my answer isn’t an answer?
I posted on a thread, but users downvoted and replied saying it
wasn’t an answer. What do they mean?
What does it mean for an answer
to be too forum-like?
Someone told me not to comment in an answer.
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Convince me I shouldn't stop visiting RPG.SE
It's been my experience over the past couple years that the RPG stack is becoming more about rules lawyering and less about how to have fun with the game.
It's reached the stage where it seems ...
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Why was this answer to the question "Can a player choose to fail a spell's ability check contest?" deleted?
The question Can a player choose to fail a spell's ability check contest? has a deleted answer. For users without 10k rep, here's a screenshot of the answer:
While the post score is very negative,...
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Was my edit to this answer on a Q&A about Spell Sniper an edit too far?
I recently made a substantial edit to this answer to the Q&A "Which spells benefit from the Spell Sniper feat?", that would make a good dupe target.
The help page on editing says:
Edits ...
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Are answers that include designer reasons on-topic and allowed on this site?
This question was based on a thought I had in reaction to this: Is a question that ends up only having 'designer reason' answers off-topic even if designer reasons aren't specifically what ...
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Getting a straight answer from questions filled with frame challenges
On the question How to create a villain for level 1 players, there are many great answers, however they are all frame challenges. They don't help someone who needs to actually create a conventional ...
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How can we address questions about homebrew balance?
Often we get questions such as Is moving between separate attacks of the same spell unbalanced?
The trouble I always face with these questions is "unbalanced with respect to what?". All house rules ...
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How does the post notice for unsupported answers get put on?
There is a post notice for answers in need of support, but I'm unclear as to how that post notice is placed.
If we see something that needs support, what is the process for noting that? Obviously a ...
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Should answers be framed in response to the Title or the description? [duplicate]
The question Does activating a scroll require satisfying the spell's verbal and somatic components? frames the question in the Title such that "Yes" would mean the exact opposite regarding the ...
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Answering own questions
A while ago, I asked “It is reasonable to ask a question that you don’t actually need answer to?”
(here) and the response was negative: no, you shouldn’t ask a question unless you have it as a real ...
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What is the best way to deal with duplicate answers which reference each other?
We often see situations where answers incorporate parts of other answers trying to create complete answers. Here is an extreme example where 2 answers each contain half of the information, and both ...
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Is it acceptable to include your opinion of the quality of character choices in an answer?
I've noticed what I consider a trend to include whether or not character choices (Classes, Subclasses, Feats, Qualities, etc) are a "good" choice either in comments or frequently as part of an answer. ...
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I think this answer might be harmful
This answer currently suggests swimming while wearing a full suit of metal armor would be a reasonable thing to do in real life. In actuality, jumping into water with a full suit of metal armor on ...
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Are the citation requirements for objective questions not applicable to systems like World of Darkness/Mage the Ascension?
I recently saw a question tagged about World of Darkness/Mage the Ascension and commented on answer that they didn't provide any citational support from the rules.
They did add some in, but then I ...
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How to revisit citation expectations for subjective questions
Based on questions like Medix2's, Medix2's other question, and my earlier one, there is a big disconnect between the historical guidance for supporting subjective answers and what the community likes/...
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How to deal with a broken link?
This answer has two broken links. The answer itself will be fine since it already recite the summary of the link content, but what should be done with the link?
Leave it alone? Comment that they are ...
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Should I update my answer with information from someone else's answer?
In this question I made an answer and @illustro also provided an answer which includes information that I feel would improve my answer (I made a similar point in my answer, but his answer provided ...
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Why was my "not an answer" flag declined on this answer?
Answers can be flagged as "not an answer", the description for which says the following:
This was posted as an answer, but it does not attempt to answer the question. It should possibly be an edit, ...
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How to share what actually happened, after what I asked about is resolved? [duplicate]
So, let's say I ask a question about some actual issue. And I get answers, and maybe already accept one of them.
Then the situation gets resolved whatever way in reality.
How should I tell what ...
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How to properly review a homebrew?
There are quite a few questions asking to review homebrew. The best way to ask such questions is covered in this meta:
How can I ask a good homebrew review question?
I'm interested in how I should ...
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Are self-answer questions still allowed?
Shortly put I had a mechanics question about infinity-rpg regarding the stealth system that was not immediately clear. I figured out the solution eventually within the book, but thought it might make ...
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Do we need to do anything about old, upvoted, accepted answers that are not up to scratch with our standards today?
I stumbled upon this question today, which has this answer. It's upvoted (currently sitting at +18/-2) and accepted, but is very short and has a standard banner message across it that I've seen ...
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Is focus on a question's title rather than the text acceptable?
I feel that some of our users have taken the change in norms with subjective questions too far.
This comment is the last straw.
Any actual experience with allowing players to vote what can or ...
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How do we appropriately back up a subjective answer? [duplicate]
If anyone has other approaches to subjective support, please provide an answer on the duplicate questions linked above.
It is clear that we require answers to be backed up here- whether they are ...
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