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For all questions that are primarily about questions - 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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How to ask effective questions?
Avoid making up questions for asking a question's sake.
Avoid opinion-based questions
You tried to ask a question what is correct roleplaying within the last half hour. … That doesn't make my 40% of questions that only get 5 votes bad questions. They just are not grabbing attention or people are not interested in the question. …
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I tried to stay D&D question neutral last year, how did I do?
As someone that does decidedly not like 5e for various reasons (and Wizards did not endear itself to me in January this year especially), Kudos for asking rare game questions. …
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Is it okay to heavily correct a question/answer that contains a lot of typos/grammar errors?
As long as you don't fix factual errors and tone
I wholeheartedly agree with doppelgreener, fix away what makes the answer more readable.
But don't alter the following to preserve the integrity of the …
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Is it better to use or not use personal pronouns? Specifically, "I" in questions and "you" i...
If OP chooses "I", you are in no position to challenge that
There is a thing about editing: you shall only edit, if it improves the post.
Some common reasons to edit are:
to fix grammatical or spell …
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Should I have removed the [pathfinder-2e] tag from this question?
Slight balance to keep system
In general, many questions about player agency, problem players or GMs, and social contract are only minimally impacted by the actual game played, as long as the type of game …
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Are questions about Warhammer 40k Lore on-topic?
As long as they are tied to the RPG
The Warhammer (both Fantasy and 40k) lore is a mess. Many things are spread out among the board/card games, novels, PC games, tabletop army books, and the RPGs. As …
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What Do We Do With "Read The Book To Me" Questions?
As we pretty much agree there are various kinds of these questions. Let'S call them numerical:
I don't understand Rule X on [Topic]. How does it work? … These questions are governed by the policy on content-identification as outlined here. …
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I'd like to adapt a set of spells from AD&D to the 5th edition. Ask for review together or o...
If they are totally independent (fireball & magic missile) make separate questions. …
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Can I get some examples of users assuming a question is asking about D&D 5e when it's explic...
A curious point of error can be the WoD/CoD mismatch, where players might assume the two share more rules than they do - and give advice based on the wrong system. Without pointing a finger, I have se …
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Should questions asking "Does X work in an anti-magic field?" be marked as duplicates?
Yes.
If they all ask the same, they are the same and thus dupes.
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Is "How long does published adventure X take?" an appropriate question on RPG.SE?
About RL time: NO
If you are asking about sessions, as each group is different:
I play a campaign since over a year with about 35 to 40 sessions in, and we just about finished half of it. Other groups …
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Are "bonus question" allowed?
As it is at the moment of this writing, it can't be opened twofold:
The Question-list-argument
Lists of questions that are not tightly compacted, rhetorical or serve to show where confusion lies ("Did … , any question that contains questions outside of this manner that ask for an answer, is to be closed as a List-question. 1 post - 1 question , is it a rule or a guideline or what? …
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Could we make a viable "what edition of D&D are my books for" question?
Yes "What Edition is [instert Book here] for?" for would be a very well defined product-identification question.
While not mandatory, a picture showing the cover of the book would be great in that ca …