Linked Questions
16 questions linked to/from Who are the experts? Not us. We've grown a philosophical bezoar - let's work this through!
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Accepting nominations — Who should moderate this site? [duplicate]
Ideally Moderators are elected by the community, but until the community is large enough to hold a proper election, we will be appointing three provisional Moderators to fill those roles.
We need ...
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Our site can be cold, unforgiving, and unapproachable. We're driving people away. What should we do about it?
This is shaping up to be a bit more of a rant than I meant it, but this is a serious problem, and I'm growing increasingly frustrated. I feel this is something we need to explore.
A good community is ...
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Should we allow questions about religious texts?
Science-Fiction & Fantasy has a policy of excluding all religious texts. This makes sense because SFF is about fiction, and stating that a particular religious text is fictional is pretty ...
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Should graphic novels be on topic?
Assuming the question isn't breaking any other rules, should questions about graphic novels/comic books be on-topic for this site?
On one hand, comic-books are books just like any other books. On the ...
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What types of non-fiction are on topic?
Having read the current tour the "ask / don't ask" is short and vague. Now I would expect that since we are currently in private beta. However, to me a big definition on scope would be a ...
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Are songs and poems on-topic?
This question arose from this answer.
It can be argued that songs and poems can be considered literature. Heck, Bob Dylan won the Nobel Prize for Literature for his songwriting. I wouldn't say that ...
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How do we ensure that questions on this site attract scholars and enthusiasts?
Intro: Building our Community
Our tour says that we aim to be "a question and answer site for scholars and enthusiasts of literature." I'm definitely an enthusiast, and I have a fair bit of ...
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Should we be tagging questions with the names of specific books? [duplicate]
I can't help but notice that already, we have a lot of tags. I've gone through them and seen quite a few tags with a specific name of a book, with maybe 1 or 2 posts on it.
I'm thinking that okay, ...
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Why was the previous Literature SE closed?
What's the history behind the first Literature StackExchange? Why was it closed? How can we avoid the same thing from happening to this one?
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How big a role should quotes play in answers?
I've seen a lot of answers within the last day or two that consist largely - or almost entirely - of quotes from authors or their works. I understand that it's always important to look back at the ...
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Is this site focused on Literature Analysis or literature in general?
There seems to be two conflicting opinions about the purpose and scope of the site that I trace in Meta (and Area51) discussions and comments.
Is this site focused on Literature Analysis as its ...
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What kinds of mythological questions are on topic?
Understanding the context and influences of certain pieces of literature requires understanding the mythology of the culture it came out of. So I would think some questions about mythology should be ...
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Should we allow questions about a literary work's impact on the language?
Not long ago, I posted this question:
How many of Shakespeare's words in his plays were new?
... which has now been closed, reopened, and closed again. One of the close-voters said:
I'm ...
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Are operas considered literature on this site?
I am asking specifically about the plots or stories of the works (rather than the music).
Example question about an opera:
Had people related the work of Gogol before "The Nose"?
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Kill the zombies (unanswered questions)
Over on Code Review there's a post called Call of Duty -
we're on a mission. It discussed the high number of unanswered questions on the site and what to do about them. With the recent site ...
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