Questions tagged [faq-proposal]
Proposals for new entries for the FAQ repository on this site should use this tag.
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D&D 5e 2024 Guidance FAQ
With the release of a new edition to the most popular tabletop RPG in the world, we can expect to encounter new users, new questions, and new challenges on the site. However, we've been here before ...
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Why did another user edit my post?
Someone made an edit to my question/answer. Why did they do that?
This Q&A is part of an agglomeration of guidance given to new users made per this suggestion. Please also see the privilege page ...
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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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What are the rules and policies of RPG.SE?
Is there a list of rules I need to follow here?
What are the site policies I need to know about?
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What does it mean for a question to be closed?
My question just got closed! What does that mean?
How do questions get closed?
What do I need to do to get my question reopened?
This Q&A is our specific one to expand on the guidance in 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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FAQ Proposal Index for Role-playing Games Stack Exchange
We have a great FAQ Index post here on the Role-Playing Games Meta Stack Exchange, but our current process for adding things to that list is a little lacking. Currently users add the faq-proposal tag ...
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How to deal with answers based on the wrong system/edition?
I had recently seen and answered a question about Silver Nitrate and werewolves/UV light and Vampires in Werewolf the Apocalypse/Vampire the Masquerade. I answered accordingly, but someone did answer ...
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I have some information to add to help someone solve their issue, do I answer or comment?
So, this has happened to me multiple times now, and to be honest it's getting frustrating as a casual user of this particular SE (especially since the judgements seem less cut-and-dried than other SE'...
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Why is it a problem to ask what other people have done in their games?
When we get a question asking what others have done as GMs or players in their games, the question is almost always closed as “primarily opinion-based”. Sometimes they’re not put on hold, but they’re ...
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Is there a rule or guideline stating that each post should only ask a single question?
A mod said I should ask if there is a rule that says one single (arbitrarily defined) question per post. Too Broad does not mention it. Is it an actual rule somewhere or a guideline or what?
And how ...
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Should question titles be formatted as a question?
It kind of rubs me the wrong way when I see a question posted with a title that's not actually a (properly formatted) question.
Mild example: Pack Flanking on non Hunter Character?
Worse: Reversing ...
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What Do We Do With "Read The Book To Me" Questions?
This is somewhat of a related question to Why Are Our 5e Questions Terrible? - but this post is about questions from people who haven't read the book yet, and want us to do it for them.
This is a ...
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