Linked Questions
61 questions linked to/from What questions should be in our meta FAQ?
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Cleanup 2013: It's time to clearly identify community consensus
On meta we have a tag to denote frequently asked questions, it is the moderator only bright red tag known as faq. This tag provides us the opportunity to group together our agreed community ...
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When does a question "support piracy and pirated games"?
There's been a lot of talk recently about what it means to support piracy and pirated games. A very recent example is this question, in which a user asks a question that turns out to be a valid ...
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What do we do with questions about games that can no longer be played?
So City of Heroes shut down over the weekend. There is no longer any way to play it, as the servers went dead.
Now, we only have seven City of Heroes questions, so there's not a lot of content, one ...
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A Close Vote is not a Super-Downvote. Please don't use it as one
So, yesterday a dumb question was asked.. It was closed as Not A Real Question in less than an hour, and reopened mere minutes later. This isn't the first time that this has happened. It usually ...
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What's the official stance on console emulation?
The way I see it, many of us enthusiasts are probably familiar with emulation and use emulators to play classic games. (I do, I'll readily admit.)
However, it's also fairly likely that many cartridge/...
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I never asked for this
I was asked to post this before leaving. I honestly don't want to post a question of this nature on meta, but I will give the benefit of the doubt this time just in case I was wrong.
The outcome of ...
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Please don't misuse the voting system
This has been in discussion in chat on and off since I first joined up. Random downvotes and upvotes are things that happen. No need to sweat it. It happens, move on.
We've had this discussion ...
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When is a game publicly available?
I have posted this question and it seems that a bunch of guys in the chat have decided that a game has to be publicly available to be able to ask questions about it.
Considering this is what the ...
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Let's be nice to each other
As a moderator, I'm often staring at a list of the most offensive content currently available on the site. I keep seeing certain patterns emerge, and I think these patterns are potentially dangerous.
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How do we stand on cheats, in particularly for multiplayer games?
This was prompted by this question: Idling in Team Fortress 2
Seeing as this is a form of cheating, what is our official stance? Do we allow cheats, caveat lector?
This is considered a bannable ...
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Is it bad practice to upvote to help out?
The title doesn't really do my question justice, as I can't seem to find the right words to use.
I occasionally find myself reading through older questions or viewing peoples questions/answers that ...
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Is programming, in a game, on topic here?
Sometimes, within a game you find programmable entities. A great example are the Turtles of Computer Craft, a minecraft mod. If I had a question about programming Turtles, or anything else that's ...
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What's the official stance on hacked/modded consoles?
Is it legitimate for a user to ask a question about a hacked or modded game console, provided said question is about gaming on it?
For example, would/should we shut down a question about running MAME ...
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Could someone explain this joke to me?
Arrow to the knee. Duke Nukem Fornever.
There sure are a lot of jokes about video games out there. If only I had a place I could go to learn what makes them funny.
Should this be that place?
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"Can I do X" questions
This question seems problematic to me. Not because of it makes the site look immature (though I think it does), but because it seems to be a class of questions that causes some problems.
The basic ...
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