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Is “I am curious about X” sufficient justification for asking questions on SFF.SE?
In my long time here, I have witnessed time and time again people attacking questions (as in, downvoting, VTCing, and/or posting hostile comments or meta content) on the basis of:
"Why are you ...
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Do my questions belong here, or in Movies & TV or in Anime & Manga?
I posted 2 questions over at Movies & TV regarding DVD releases of some cartoon robots and a cartoon super-hero, which might have been appropriate to ask here, but I was uncertain. I asked about ...
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Are stories from classic literature on topic?
I have a question about "A Christmas Carol" by Charles Dickens. On one hand this story seems to clearly be a fantasy story, what with the ghosts and time travel and all. But on the other hand we do ...
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Are questions related to “D” canon in Star Wars welcome at the moment?
After reading this Q, it struck me that we are likely to see some possible changes to the structure and rules of Star Wars canon due to promotion of Princess Leia to Disney Princesses roster.
I for ...
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Is the movie Contagion ontopic in SF&F?
Is the movie Contagion ontopic here? And more specifically, questions which are not even remotely about any SF or fantasy aspect, such as this one: What happened to the village in Contagion?
I am ...
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Should Person of Interest be on-topic?
I personally think Person of Interest is just barely in the Sci-Fi realm, for being centered around a fictional, near-omniscient automated surveillance network. It also has some themes that overlap ...
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Why was this closed as “non-constructive”?
What were all the occasions where the "main" figures of each Star Trek franchise met each other?
The question very clearly indicated that it was about main figures of each show (e.g. ...
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Is Haruki Murakami considered fantasy/sci-fi?
Is Haruki Murakami considered fantasy/sci-fi? 1Q84 involves parallel worlds and the supernatural. The Wind-up Bird Chronicle also involves the supernatural and a dream reality. Would questions on ...
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Is the movie Interstella 5555 considered “sci-fi”?
Is the movie allowed here? Is it considered more as a movie? Or is it considered sci-fi. I don't really want to gather more downvotes; I just want to know whether or not it's within the scope of the ...
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Do works from L Ron Hubbard that are part of Scientology “canon” count as “religious texts”?
This question about L Ron Hubbard's Revolt in the Stars seems to be close a possible conflict for our policy on religious works.
However, I'm not certain, as the whole ...
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Is unrealistic anime or manga automatically considered sci-fi/fantasy?
I recently read this question and I gathered from a comment, as all the manga/anime in question was 'unrealistic' (because of the volumes of food eaten) it was considered 'on-topic' even if it didn't ...
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When is it okay to ask about a character's sexual orientation?
We've gotten two questions in the past few hours that ask if a character in a TV show is gay:
Is Major Nelson gay in I Dream of Jeannie
Is Dr. McCoy gay in Star Trek?
The former is currently ...
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Can we ask questions on books written in other languages?
So far, I've only seen questions on English-specific books. Is this a language restriction?
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Should the questions on SFF have to include a mention of the ultimate goal of why you are asking them?
A question of mine just got VTCed with the explanation including a quote from a famous FAQ by Eric S. Raymond "How to Ask Questions The Smart Way":
from How to Ask Questions The Smart Way: "If you ...
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What exactly are SFF's rules for “relevant” questions?
A question of mine just got VTCed with the following "explanation" (I don't want to be rude and say "excuse", but I can find gazillions of SFF questions that fit the same criteria which were NOT VTCed ...
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Is Jacqueline Carey's “Kushiel's Legacy” series in scope?
Is Jacqueline Carey's "Kushiel's Legacy" series in scope?
Is there consensus that it is "Fantasy"? Wiki says "historical fantasy or alternate history" in the series page, and "Fantasy" in the first ...
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Should the questions that ask for “The SOMETHING-est” answer have their answers cleaned up?
We have several questions on SFF which are of the form:
What is the work/example that is "QUALITY-iest" for a given objective property.
For example, "What is the earliest SciFi book about X", or ...
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Should questions about where to start with a series be on-topic?
After this question was closed:
What Star Trek episode to introduce a new viewer?
Wikis pointed out this question that remained open:
Which Discworld book to start a newbie on
There is no doubt ...
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Should we have rules/guidelines for downvotes on duplicate questions?
Prelude:
A downvote is supposed - metaphorically - to mean that:
the poster did something bad/wrong, and needs to be sent a message to stop doing it
the post is bad and needs to be signalled to ...
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Does a story which is older than the term “sci-fi”, but does contain features commonly associated to the genre, count as sci-fi?
Lately there were a number of questions asking for the earliest works containing examples of some specific tropes, or having certain characteristics. As we go back in time, the concept of sci-fi ...
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Are comic book cover questions off-topic?
I have a question regarding a stamp symbol I've noticed on several marvel comics of mine. It's likely not in-universe related and more of a promotional thing but I'd like to know what it is.
Is it ...
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Are book vs movie question welcomed?
I did a little research in Meta and am surprised this question hasn't come up (unless is lies dormant and unfound by me). Is ok to ask the specific question "Whats the difference between the ...
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Shouldn't this question be closed as Off Topic?
While browsing today, I noticed the question
Can Howard Phillips Lovecraft be considered a sci-fi author?
I realize it's as old as the hills, effectively, but I distinctly remembered seeing in the ...
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Can a question about SF&F writers be in-scope?
I’ve got a question I’d like to ask about the activity of a group of SF writers (Asimov & Heinlein prominent among them) during WWII.
It seems to me that this community is where I’m most likely ...
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Are questions about a slightly adult SciFi comic acceptable?
The specific webcomic series in question is http://rosalarian.com/lesbianpirates/?p=2143 ("I Was Kidnapped By Lesbian Pirates From Outer Space!!!")
Are the questions about it acceptable? (provided ...
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How do we handle questions based on incorrect premise?
How do we handle questions based on incorrect premise?
E.g. questions asks "Why did X happen in work Y", when in fact X never happened in work Y.
Specific example is How did Doc Brown steal ...
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Movie Magic (or how do we answer stupid questions)
I titled this post as Movie Magic, as this really pertains to the movies only and indirectly to any answer that can be given :p
Since a lot of SciFi and Fantasy movies take place:
on another planet
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Are My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic questions welcome here?
So, as some of you have noticed, I've been asking a lot of questions about friendship-is-magic on the site lately. It's because I've been watching the show in a marathon session on my breaks, after ...
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Are real world speculation questions still on topic?
This question links to this question which, in the comments links to this meta discussion about what is and isn't on topic here on SciFi.se.com.
My question, as the title states, is whether real ...
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Are speculative science questions on-topic?
The first sentence of the site FAQ says:
Science Fiction and Fantasy - Stack Exchange is for questions targeted towards science fiction and fantasy enthusiasts.
To me, that should include ...
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Are questions on series which are answered by upcoming episodes “time localised”?
Prompted by a question about the Game of Thrones TV series: What did Melisandre (the red woman) give birth to?
The scene being questioned about is at the end of one episode, and the question is very ...
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Why are humorous questions off topic?
Regarding this question: http://scifi.stackexchange.com/q/14028/2565
It is obviously not entirely serious, but I find it amusingly clever. If it was tagged as quiz or something similar, what would be ...
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Migration policies
Following this question, it became evident that there is 2 stackexchange beta that particularly overlaps scifi.stackexchange scope :
http://movies.stackexchange.com/
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Are questions about when stories are set not fit for Sci-fi & Fantasy SE?
I recently asked a question about when Beauty and the Beast was set, it has since been moved to the Movie and TV SE site, here.
Are questions of this sort not fit for this SE site?
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Specific question about what Children's Literature is on topic (Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs)
This question (and its related tag) is about Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs which Wikipedia classifies as a children's picture book (and a related movie). Some books and movies "intended for ...
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Why was this question closed as “General reference”?
This question was closed - by a unilateral moderator vote - as "General Reference".
What is the origin and scope of term "legendarium"?
Question was:
When researching LOTR lore, I ...
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What's our tolerance for adult content?
Why did T'Pol act like human woman before sexual interaction with Trip?
The topic of the question seems fully within the boundaries of the site, but the actual content is a bit ...
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This question was closed, even though the fate of these questions is not yet clear
With "How should we handle "any" (list) questions", the highest voted (+9, -3) answer right now (by a mod) is:
Since we're debating the issue right now, I'm not going to wield the mod close hammer
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Are story identification questions still appropriate?
Despite Jeff's latest SE Blog post, I think story ID questions should still be ok here.
I think there can be good and bad story ID questions, and while the bad ones can fall into the categories Jeff ...
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Are questions asking for specific generic SFF resources on-topic
I saw several questions over the time that ask for:
"Looking for web sites/databases serving as genre-wide compendiums of XXX"
On one hand, these are, by form, arguably off-topic due to being "list" ...
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Is this Q on-topic?
Is there a difference between a spaceship and a starship?
I'm tempted to close as "General Reference" as it stands.
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Do we want to cover the legality of science fiction?
Specifically, I'm talking about the following question, but let's extend it to any kind of law questions somehow related to science fiction.
Public domain for Star Wars?
I'm not quite willing to ...
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Are questions on finding material on-topic? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Are shopping questions on topic?
Is Mouse Guard Spring 1153 still free?
There seem to be similar questions on the site still open as per the comments, so I'm assuming ...
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Are questions looking to simply prove or disprove a premise with a yes/no answer a good fit for our site?
Recently, the question Was Eric Flint's 1632 the ONLY prominent SF&F work/universe where some (approved) fan fiction is officially considered canon? was asked.
The question asked for a single ...
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Is frontier medicine in House, M.D. on topic? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Spy movies/ books: On topic?
House, M.D. is clearly neither science fiction nor fantasy (even though this io9 article begs to differ), but some individual episodes have ...
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Is this General Reference?
Why was Count Dooku not given the word "Darth"?
Googling for "count dooku darth" brings up as the very first link+blurb:
Count Dooku - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Changing a List Question to Something Workable?
I have questions I'd like to ask on SF&F, but the problem is they're list questions. Some are for my own reference, which means they are useful to me for my writing (which is my work). Others, ...
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Is The A-Team on-topic?
Perhaps some clarification is appropriate. The series features many components that you usually find in science fiction (maybe also in fantasy, but I've no clue about that).
The setting is typically ...
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Are questions like this on-topic?
How many of Philip José Farmers books were actually banned in the United States?
I see at least two problematic areas (neither are 100% clearly off topic, but not sure):
The question is not ...
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Are questions about fanfics on-topic? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Are fan-fics fair game for this site?
Are questions about fanfics based on SF&F works on topic?
If so, are story identification questions about fanfics based on ...
