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10 questions linked to/from Can we stop closing questions that have become obsolete as "Too Localized"?
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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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How should we deal with out of date questions/answers?
This is perhaps a concern largely unique to questions about MMO's, and other multiplayer games that see major game-balance patches released on a regular basis, but how should we address content ...
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Outdated Answers Due to Patches
What happens to questions and answers that will eventually get outdated because of future patches? Take for example if we were at the day that Warcraft 3 was released and I asked
How do you ...
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Edit wars are bad. Don't encourage or participate in them
I've noticed a disturbing trend in the past couple of weeks - there's been a surge in the number of edit wars, including some that have spilled over into Meta.
I keep having to cut and paste the same ...
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Should questions about obsoleted mechanics be simply removed?
We have quite a lot questions about minecart boosters and water elevators, neither of which work anymore in patch 1.6.
The community's consensus is currently: "add a disclaimer on them all"; as the ...
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Should we be undeleting questions that weren't relevant at the time, but now are relevant again?
Minecraft.
Love it or hate it, it drives a lot of traffic to our site. Sure, recently we've had some bother with modded tech support questions, but overall, most of our questions/answers are fairly ...
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What should be done with out of version questions?
Gaming is a fast moving field and sometimes things get left behind or shut down. What should we do with the content on the site that is no longer pertinent to the current state of gaming? Should we ...
user4139
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'Too Localised' is no longer a valid close reason, can we review these two popular Diablo 3 posts that were closed as such?
TL;DR: Two highly-voted questions by high-rep users appear to have been deleted for reasons we do not accept as valid close reasons, anymore. Can we reopen them with a disclaimer that they apply to ...
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Why is my question on hold?
First things first, this is the question I'm talking about.
After reading it, it's easy to realize that, as I said on a comment,
I just wanted to know, it won't help future generations understand the ...
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Should I vote to close questions if they are outdated? [duplicate]
What does the number below the energy counter mean in Spiral Knights, and what is it for?
Maximizing gameplay time in Spiral Knights
These two are just an example of an update that hit Spiral Knights ...
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