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Is profanity allowed on RPG.SE?
After discussion, the mods believe we should stick to the standard SE "no expletives" policy to promote a friendlier and more civil site.
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Is this site for experts, or not?
(This answer is not about the linked post(s), it is in general)
The "expert" terminology is from an earlier rev of Stack Exchange, where Stack Overflow and the other sites tended to talk about "exper …
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How to deal with questions that just don't understand the scope of the RPG landscape?
coming up a lot, and there's guidance specific to each question - but I can't help but think these are suffering from a similar root problem that we might be able to give meaningful guidance on in the FAQ … Return to FAQ Index …
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How does all the various Stack Exchange functionality work?
The FAQ
If you want to know how asking/answering, tagging, voting, bounties, or whatever works, all the answers are linked from the Meta Stack Exchange master FAQ question: FAQ for Stack Exchange sites … Return to FAQ Index …
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Are character build or optimization questions on topic?
I always like saving categories of questions - if we can. Character optimization and build questions are popular on forums. The problem with them is that in general, they tend towards three things t …
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Should I be requesting people answer the question independently?
Yes, you are correct. Answers should be standalone - answers which "add some thoughts" to other answers within the question are not good answers. This is what people should be using comment/edits f …
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Is homebrew an acceptable answer to a question?
I'm going to add a different answer that differs slightly from Brian's.
Answering Game Questions With Homebrew
Some game questions are asking for "Rules As Written" answers. Homebrew is not an answ …
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Are character build or optimization questions on topic?
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How should we use Community Wiki? [2016]
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Why are site comments being deleted?
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Are questions about alignment on topic?
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Are questions about alignment on topic?
Only specific kinds of alignment questions are on topic.
There are a variety of kinds of alignment questions, some of which can be constructively handled by our site and some that can not. There's not …
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Can I send private messages to users?
Most basic questions have been addressed network-wide on Meta Stack Overflow. Answer to this one is "no." Any way to send a personal message to another user?
The consistent response to this is that …
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How is the [system-agnostic] tag supposed to be used?
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Q: Does this site require a system tag?
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How do we handle a desire to challenge the frame of a question?
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