Questions tagged [closed-questions]
This tag is for posts looking to raise meta discussions about specific closed questions or the closure of a specific question, as well as for questions about the concept of a closed question in general.
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How should these questions about temporary hit points/Armor of Agathys (that are currently marked as duplicates) be handled?
This meta question was prompted by the following 3 questions on mainsite (mainly the first two):
Do multiple sources of Temporary Hit Points combine or do you only get one set?
How does Armor of ...
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Around and around we go. Hexadin vs. battle smith question closing
Another question closed unnecessarily, another question we need to drag into meta to save it. This time we have Can you compare and contrast a Battle Smith Artificer vs a Paladin with a single dip in ...
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It’s that time again—Good hunter deity question closed, shouldn’t be
We once again have a perfectly reasonable question, Is there a complete list of good-aligned gods of hunting?, that has been closed. It should not have been. This time there is the claim that it is a “...
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Can this question about the Sense Motive skill be reopened?
This question for Pathfinder about how to use the Sense Motive skill is marked as a duplicate of this question for Dungeons & Dragons, 5th Edition about how to use the Insight skill.
While these ...
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Drow wizard with Wild Talent question
This question about a drow wizard who received the Wild Talent feat was closed as Too Broad. It should not have been.
Per this meta discussion, questions like this are supported here, and we have ...
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Mounted archer/caster question should be reopened
What's the best build for a mounted archer/caster? was closed as Primarily Opinion-Based. It is not. It is something on which experts can vet the quality of a given suggestion and vote accordingly; it ...
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Is this question about a chaotic evil character in a heroic party too opinion-based, or is it experience-based?
I recently asked What challenges arise from playing a Chaotic Evil character in a heroic party? which has been voted to be closed 4 times as of this writing for being primarily opinion based. However, ...
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If a question is marked as a duplicate or is closed, should I delete it?
If a question is marked as a duplicate or is closed, should I delete it?
I really don't know if I can clarify that any more.
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How to Improve/Fix This Question About Modelling Reciprocal Economies?
I have recently asked this question. In its initial form, it was very quickly evaluated to be too broad. Fair enough. I tried to narrow it down to a question about fixing/improving the homebrew ...
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Can we save this question about an house rule against evil actions?
This question has been closed, reopened, closed again, and is now on track to be reopened.
I see some issues with the question and it has gone through at least one major revision which doesn't seem ...
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What defines too Broad as it applies to these two questions?
Recently, this question of mine was closed as too broad:
Avatars of Nature
I can understand the impulse given the amount of information I provided, however I intentionally tried to mirror this ...
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Why was this question closed as too broad?
How can wizards gain more spells per day?
This question was closed as too broad, and I disagree with that flag. The question is quite narrow in terms of scope, nor would any answer that limits itself ...
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Partially answered second question in old question causing dupe flagging in new question
I flagged What passive scores exist? as a duplicate of How can Investigation be used passively? (as with the Observant feat) based on the titles. However it was pointed out that the primary question ...
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My question was marked as shopping when it isn't. How do I get it reopened?
My question was wrongly put on hold as shopping. It is a finding online resources question and, as far as I can tell, seems to be no different than other questions that weren't closed. It's not asking ...
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It is wrong to edit someone else's question if it has been closed?
Ever since I have been on the site (which is not very long at all) I have always wondered if it is okay to edit someone else's question after it has been closed if you think that you have the general ...
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Are questions that are On-Topic but generated a lot of opinion based answers doomed to never be solved?
So I am still unsatisfied with the responses I got for the way this post got moderated:
How to roleplay my character's ethics according to the DM when I don't understand those ethics?
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Why was this post about roleplaying my character's ethics closed?
How to roleplay my character's ethics according to the DM when I don't understand those ethics?
I don't know what to add.
I can't see by any means how it's opinion-based. I am asking for ...
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Is this question too opinion-based?
A player has asked the DM to ignore the lore to enable his character concept. What are the pros and cons if the DM does so? has gone through two close-reopen cycles.
The first seems pretty ...
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Workshopping my question about Armor Class ranges
I posted this question: Which Armor Class values should be used as Controls when making Damage Calculations? in an attempt to try to reify the Armor Class values I use when making DPR calculations for ...
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How can the D&D lore question about evil/good and light/dark be reopened?
I asked this question (What is D&D lore establishing Evil/Good = Dark/Light?) to gain some knowledge about D&D lore, mythology, arcana, tales, stories etc.within published D&D literature ...
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What can be done with my question about Exploiter Wizards and Arcanists to save it?
I have asked a question about comparing the Arcanist with an Exploiter Wizard.
It got closed quickly, then reopened, now it's getting closed again. Before a full close-reopen war starts, I'd like ...
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Why are 2, very similar optimization questions treated so differently?
Both of them has a common theme, "how can I get the most of these characters, given these boundary conditions", but the treatment is very different:
How can I optimize this “max-languages” build’s ...
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Should this question be reopened (when we don't know if it's OP's actual question)?
Is it possible to remove the attunement property of a magical item? was originally posted in an idea-generating form that wasn't really a good fit. (See, for instance, "short version" in revision 5 of ...
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An otherwise-valid question was closed because it was posted by a suspended user; is there any reason I can't repost a similar question?
This question asked something I myself would like to know. Unfortunately, it was closed for purely administrative reasons -- viz., because (per a diamond mod's comment) the querent was a suspended ...
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My question was put on hold, even though I saw someone else ask something similar without it being closed
I have a question about my Role-playing Games Stack Exchange post: How do I test my own game online
I have edited my question now. But why did my question get put on hold, even though someone else ...
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Should closed questions be edited without fixing the question?
This question was recently edited to add italics to a link to a spell. This edit was done after the question was already closed due to being a duplicate, and therefore put the question into the 'vote ...
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How to get this question re-opened? [duplicate]
Recently this question was asked: "Should I share personal dream sequences with the party as a DM?"
Clearly as a "should I" question it was inherently opinion based and was closed. However I think ...
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Why was my question about Cantrips put on hold?
My question was put on hold for being off topic. More specifically because I supposedly ask about the game.
This is not true at all and even edited it in for more clarification:
Whats the ...
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How should we sort out this question that was closed as a duplicate of another closed question?
The question "Were Grungs created for 5e or did they exist before this edition?" has been closed as a duplicate of a question that was closed as unclear.
However, that leaves us now with a question ...
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Getting a "This question has been put on-hold since you loaded the page" popup when trying to flag my (closed) question on mobile
My question was closed as off-topic, and it was suggested that Board & Card Games would be a better location. Okay; that works just as well. So I went to flag to request migration.
I was on ...
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Why did this question allow one answer after hold but not mine?
I was in the middle of writing an answer to this question when it was held for being a duplicate. (This meta is not about the duplicate status, just that it was and still is held as of this meta.)
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Why was this homebrew question held as Too Broad?
This recent question was held as Too Broad, but it just as narrow in scope as many of the other good homebrew questions are. It provided one homebrew creation and asked for an evaluation. We've left ...
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Is there a list of site rules which can be linked to new users?
New visitors to the site are routinely linked to the Tour, which introduces certain banned topics: Questions which are off-topic, primarily opinion-based, have too many possible answers, or would ...
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One question was put on hold as too broad, another wasn't. What's the difference?
This question:
Party betrayal in an evil campaign
was put on hold as too broad.
On the other hand, this one wasn't:
How can I handle players who want to browse shops at random?
In both cases, ...
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Will this question about mapping not get put on hold as too opinion-based?
This question, "What map scales have you found useful", was put on hold as too opinion-based.
I've tried to reformulate it. Will this question get put on hold as too opinion-based?
I've tried hard ...
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My question was closed as too broad, but I thought it was very filtered and refined. Why?
The question on trial:
What creature(s) can a Moon Druid transform into that would benefit from humanoid armor?
TL, DR: When druids shapeshift, is there a valid form that benefits from their armor?
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Should this question actually be marked as duplicate?
I have marked Can you Contingency a spell from a Ring of Spell Storing? as a duplicate of Can Contingency be used with a spell cast from an Ioun Stone?, but there was some disagreement in chat as to ...
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Should this question really be closed as opinion based?
Changing paladin's oath was closed as primarily opinion based.
It seems to me that this is possibly another case of 'homebrew prejudice'.
My answer there clearly shows that the question is ...
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Can this question be opened, or be changed to be reopenable?
How can I prepare for creatures with damage resistances or damage immunities?
I saw a lot of questions floating around the Stack about damage Immunities and Resistances and troubles therein for ...
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Wizard God: too broad?
Consider Optimizing a Wizard that does no direct damage in D&D 5e:
asked thirteen months ago,
closed as "too broad" that day by 5 users,
some commentary prompted OP to specify criteria, still on ...
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Why was this question closed?
How can I modify Meat Grinder Death Saves to have less Coup de Grace?
This question was closed as too broad. Why?
It very specifically asks for a mechanical solution for a very specific problem: ...
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How do we handle changing the close reason on a question?
How should we handle if a question has been edited and the current reason for its closure no longer holds, but it is now close-worthy for another reason? For example if it was closed as a duplicate, ...
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What can I do to get my secret backstories question reopened?
I've recently asked my first question: Should players know each others' secret backstories?
It was put on hold as being primarily opinion based. I do understand that there might be no absolute ...
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How do I have this taken off hold?
This is the name of the question: How do I have my PCs fight one another in an arena setting but then allow them to group up for the last encounter in the arena? [on hold]
I have added extra ...
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Can we reopen this question that is marked as being a duplicate of two completely different answers?
I think Does a Life Cleric casting Goodberry at higher spell levels get more potent Berries? should be reopened.
I have a generic concern with the closure in that it does not seem helpful to mark ...
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Difference between 'On-Hold' and 'Closed'?
I noticed that the system flags some questions as being 'On hold' when we vote to close it and others are flagged as 'closed'. Are there differences between each label?
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Revising my question to not get opinion-based answers
I asked Is there a particular version of D&D that is easier to convert to 5e? on the main site, seeking advice on converting prior editions to D&D 5e. It has been put on hold as too broad and ...
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Should this question about passive Perception be closed as a duplicate of a closed question?
Implementing Passive Wisdom (Perception) was flagged as a potential duplicate of How does passive perception work. The latter is a closed question, specifically flagged for being too broad and does ...
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What, if anything, can (and/or should) be done with "How do I determine appropriate challenges for a solo PC" question?
There is a now closed question that I have noticed from the VTC queue. The problem was that 2 of 3 players are going to miss a few sessions, but one player wants to continue. The author asks about a ...
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I really don't think this question on how to get feedback on homebrew material was a shopping question
So, I realize we don't actually have a consensus definition of what a recommendation question is at this point, but bear with me.
A question was asked recently about how to get feedback on a homebrew ...
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