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Clarification for community bot's request for additional supporting information
I've been a long time lurker in this stackexchange, having spent most of my time at math.stackexchange.com. I know each separate site can have its own community standards, so I was hoping to get ...
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Checking in: do we need any updates to our Citation Expectations Q&A?
This meta is a check-in on: What are the citation expectations of answers on RPG Stack Exchange?
I created this meta a few years ago so people could point to it while leaving a comment addressing an ...
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What is the clearest way to format links to D&D Beyond alongside quoted rules?
In the 5e part of this site there's a heavy emphasis on rules quotes. What is the clearest way to quote rules?
Option 1 (link then quote)
https://www.dndbeyond.com/sources/basic-rules/races#...
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GIFs, pictures and Copyright
Recently we had a question that uses a gif to describe what happens when a caster acts.
The gif was made from an excerpt from Dragonball, and I don't see how it is fair use. In fact, none of the fair ...
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Uncomfortable about inconsistent application of criteria for valid answers
This is a common problem (it seems) across social related SE (gaming, workplace, interpersonal etc).
The criteria for an answer require either an objective citation, or that the answer is based on a ...
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Making Citations Accessible
Years ago I had to fight to preserve citation styles - especially fighting inline citation. Because I honestly believe Inline citation is ugly and throws off my reading experience.
Now, Citations in ...
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Does a high score on an answer excuse the requirement to back up the answer?
Existing Guidance
Reviewing guidance on meta and our post notice on main, it seems we put forward as a matter of substantive policy that answers must be backed up and supported, either objectively ...
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Are interviews reliable sources for supporting an answer?
The current site policy is to not consider tweets from Jeremy Crawford (or other game designers) as main support for answers to D&D 5e questions, following the Official Ruling section in the Sage ...
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Should we refrain from posting answers which rely on unreleased content?
Today is the day of the Tasha's Cauldron of Everything release. Answers quoting its content starting showing up yesterday. Since it is here now, obviously this question does not apply to Tasha's ...
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Is Lords of Waterdeep applicable to determining what is possible in the world of 5e (or 4e) on Rpg.se?
Noting that Lords of Waterdeep (LOW) comes with a "Rulebook" that is labeled not merely "Lords of Waterdeep / Rulebook" but rather says "Lords of Waterdeep / Dungeons & ...
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Should I accept an opinion-based answer if an objective one doesn't appear to be forthcoming?
I asked this question about the limitations of the Pathfinder spell stone shape, which are not well-defined in the game system. I was looking for either an explicit rule that I missed, an evidence-...
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Pathfinder sources: aonprd vs d20pfsrd
2024 update: I know some effort to fix the most blatant errors on d20pfsrd is being made by volounteer editors. Someone already fixed the missing archetypes of the alchemist at least (they were ...
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How does the post notice for unsupported answers get put on?
There is a post notice for answers in need of support, but I'm unclear as to how that post notice is placed.
If we see something that needs support, what is the process for noting that? Obviously a ...
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Are the citation requirements for objective questions not applicable to systems like World of Darkness/Mage the Ascension?
I recently saw a question tagged about World of Darkness/Mage the Ascension and commented on answer that they didn't provide any citational support from the rules.
They did add some in, but then I ...
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What is the best practice for editing in references?
Lately I have been making small edits to posts to include quotes, references to the books, and links to online resources when a question does not include them. Some good examples of this are these two ...
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