Questions tagged [specific-answer]
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Can we make this answer about autism acceptable to all people with autism?
I am seeking with this meta post for help with this answer to "First account of autism in speculative fiction" specifically the last sentence being problematic.
The problem with the answer is, it made ...
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Suggested edit to post without punctuation marks or sentence separation rejected
I suggested an edit to an answer that completely lacked any punctuation marks (save for two commas), with sentences just chained together without any separation whatsoever:
Strategema is not a no win ...
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Suggested edit to explicitly address a naming discrepancy. Why was it rejected?
In the question What is Kronos Corporation?, the accepted answer states:
In the mainstream 616 Marvel universe, The Kronas Corporation was [...]
This Kronos/Kronas discrepancy is not further ...
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I found my factual answer but the question is closed as "opinion based." How to open?
I saw what appeared to be an obvious similarity between the Star Trek "Mycelial Network" and Cosmic strings so I posted a question. A couple people assumed the answer didn't exist and closed it.
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How to handle editing abuse
My question has a 100 point bounty and the best-voted answer keeps rolling back my edits to hide the non-canonical nature of their answer obscure.
SE defines Star Trek canon on its info page: [star-...
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Why was my answer downvoted?
I posted an answer here to a... not-so-great question. Why was it downvoted? The answer I gave was unarguably the best possible answer for that question. Are the people who didn't like the question ...
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This question about movie–only Treebeard quote seems to have too many speculative answers
Treebeard: "I always like going South, somehow it feels like going downhill." - Is it really?
The question is not asking for speculation — as would obviously not be accepted by most here.1
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Can this post be un-community wiki-ed?
Bit of a boring one, this one.
As per this can a moderator please change this post back to a Dark Lord post from a community wiki?
I'm on mobile and I simply pressed the wrong button. I assumed I'd ...
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Can I add a note to my own incorrect story ID answer, explaining why it is incorrect?
Background
Over a year ago, a story ID request was asked, about a lone man manning some sort of space station. I answered it, and even though my guess wasn't the actual story the querant was looking ...
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Why were these flags on an answer that gave the original source (non-comic) of a quote on a question that wanted the comic source declined?
I (and a few other people) flagged this answer as Not An Answer. This is the full text of the answer:
This quote is a paraphrase of Luke 12:48 where Jesus says "to whom much is given, much will be ...
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Should this answer about who played Seeker for the Gryffindor Quidditch game in the first Harry Potter book have been deleted?
This answer, to a question about who played Seeker for the Gryffindor Quidditch team in the first Harry Potter book, said this:
During a conversation before the first quidditch match in 'Harry ...
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Why were the "Not an Answer" flags on this post about wandless magic in Harry Potter declined?
Are there any spells that a wizard/witch can cast without a wand in the Harry Potter universe?
This question was "answered" by a post going off on a tangent about soldiers being able to ...
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Request to undelete answer that has been edited into correctness
Science Fiction Short Story about Computer controlled Utopia
The author wrote a follow-up that was actually a modification to their question, and it was deleted. They have since added the answer, but ...
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Should we make this answer Community Wiki?
Is there an official Marvel Cinematic Universe viewing order?
This answer is an ever-growing list which looks good for community wiki thing.
Other users update the answer time to time (when new MCU ...
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How does this answer about L. B. and werewolves in Harry Potter answer the question?
This answer was posted as an answer to the question How many children in Harry's year die?. This is the text of the answer (spoilered because spoilers):
The answer gives an example of someone who ...
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