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For questions primarily about citations in answers, and general policies and guidance regarding such citations.

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At what point is an official D&D source unacceptable?

In general, this question is "too broad..." because there's a lot of games and communities of gamers outside the D&D domain and you're asking about the problem of normative textual sourcing in general …
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Can we quote parts of novels in our questions and answers?

Yes, it falls solidly into the “fair use” exception to copyright claims. There is no difference between novels and game books as far as this goes. Just do not quote excessively; quote enough to supp …
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Pathfinder sources: aonprd vs d20pfsrd

Use what you prefer in your own answers. Otherwise mind your own business - there is no reason for people to be trying to force each other to use reference sources they prefer. RPG.SE will accept any …
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Pathfinder sources: prd vs d20pfsrd

No, use either. I personally prefer d20pfsrd for everyday use because it's organized better and includes FAQs and relevant dev threads and stuff, but that's not an official declaration. PRD It's d …
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Why is one +21 question On Hold when a similar question is ok with +53 votes?

This question is complicated, because there's a lot of different things going on here. In general, "Why is question X treated different from question Y?" isn't a real good question. Well, they're n …
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A Modest Proposal for answers that aren't backed up

What you can do to save subjective questions First of all - I think most people here understand our Good Subjective requirements, why we have them, and why they're good. See What are the citation ex …
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How do we appropriately back up a subjective answer?

This answer won't discuss the policy or why we do it, that's well covered elsewhere. It will take the Good Subjective/Bad Subjective policy as gospel and explain how to give Good Subjective answers a …
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How should we handle adding citations to older questions and answers?

Add Links To Things You Are Actually Citing Referencing (PHB p.123) or linking to a SRD or whatever for content in your answer is good. Adding Links To Everything Referenced Is Of Questionable Value …
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When do homebrew suggestions need to be playtested by an answerer?

I put a "citation needed" post notice and the poster added citations, so I removed it and called it good and upvoted it. …
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