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Feb 15, 2022 at 12:00	comment	added	Stuart F		It should be ok to use an example in a question without fearing deletion for discussing pre-existing text, but questions that are purely about existing texts are different, and I can't see e.g. "Why does Swift mention horses not cow in Gulliver's Travels?" as being appropriate here. With the example you quote, the OP was told how to edit their question to make it more appropriate for other boards, but ignored that advice.
Feb 10, 2022 at 12:53	comment	added	motosubatsu		While I could see a possibility of a question that would be about writing craft using part of an existing work as a reference (in the same way that we can use parts of our own as examples) being on-topic. The example you give isn't that IMO, it's not about writing but about the authors of a historical document changing what they were saying. If anything there's probably a decent question for History SE in there somewhere
Feb 9, 2022 at 17:59	comment	added	Laurel Mod		I'm not persuaded quite yet. I believe that the question should be on topic at ELL (but asked as a separate question). And I suspect that it would be better answered there, where it can be analyzed in the context of the time period and context that it was created in, with a focus on making the content accessible for someone with limited English skills. After all, Writing is a site for 21st century authors writing for 21st century audiences.
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