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Should I make a generic “Is my homebrew game content balanced?” Question with an Answer of “Probably not, No”?
That's Unfriendly and Unhelpful
We come here to solve problems. We give answers to questions that include explanations or backing. When a homebrewer asks a review question, it is implicit that 'is it ...
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How should we use Community Wiki? [2016]
Community Wiki seems pointless.
After reading through the history of CW on RPG.SE, and the blog post about CW, it seems like there really isn't much use for Community Wiki here. The main arguments ...
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Where to find races and classes in 5e
I think this might be a good use of a single-answer Community Wiki, as the list would be relatively stable and wouldn't change simply by a drive-by reader's opinion, and would only need to be updated ...
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How should we use Community Wiki? [2016]
I agree totally with DuckTapeAl's proposals. CW's just about pointless for questions and answers, shouldn't be used, and CW material should be held to the same standards as anything else. However, CW-...
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How can I mark an answer as a community wiki?
What community wiki posts are is explained in the Help Center:
What are Community Wiki posts?
Community wiki posts are more easily editable by all users, and do not confer any reputation.
When you ...
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Can we get the answers to this question merged into a single CW answer?
Personally, I've soured on CW answers after my brief dalliance with them. I'd be more interested in seeing you assemble the parts into one comprehensive answer, with attribution liberally sprinkled ...
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Would Community Wiki be useful for questions about the “current” state of something?
Upon further thinking...
This really does not solve the inherent problem.
... And the solution (which keeps them as a single question) requires code changes.
The real problem is two-fold: the ...
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Would Community Wiki be useful for questions about the “current” state of something?
Maybe.
This provides a solution to a problem, but comes very close to ticking on very bad box: Unilateral conversion of posts to community wikis. This is immensely unpopular, and for a good reason - ...
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Can we get the answers to this question merged into a single CW answer?
I agree this seems like a decent use case for Community Wiki. I'd also like to see a comprehensive answer that's verifiable and not just "maybe it's this?".
I've posted a Community Wiki answer with ...
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Would Community Wiki be useful for questions about the “current” state of something?
I'd like to answer your question with another question: Is answering questions about the current state of transient things in line with this site's intended purpose and function? I say it isn't. After ...
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