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The question you're asking is designed to solicit opinions, influence site policy, or debate a particular topic, with the goal of reaching a community consensus.

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Would it be appropriate to ask a question regarding how to legally backup your own games?

Just don't ask about the legality. If you're asking about something neutral — e.g., "How do I back up X?" rather than either "Is backing up X legal?" or "Can you help me copy my friend's copy of X?" …
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Am I allowed to stand up against something I disagree about?

If you're furthering a productive Meta discussion, then by all means. If you're complaining about it in comments on posts, then no. You'd be disrupting the site with off-topic chatter. …
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What if an answer is a "guess for the future", but ended up being wrong?

Since the question appears valid and not particularly speculative, my normal answer of "the question should have been closed" does not apply. The answerer was just giving extra info. So, treat it li …
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When is mortarboard awarded?

Mortarboard does not count the association bonus or points for accepting answers on your questions. Besides that, most badges that count up actions/posts/etc. are awarded when the UTC day rolls over …
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Questions about the portrayal of women in games

You said in a comment on the question: I'm not asking if the game is offensive, or sexist. I'm asking for information about how it is presented. How I interpret that information IS subjective, and …
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Why was identify-this-game question closed?

I probably won't be able to select an answer (for sure) until the end of the month In other words, all the answers are guesses. Only the answerer with magical powers to see the future, or with luck …
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Can someone tell why this question was closed as off topic?

Downvoters: I'm explaining why I think it was closed, not saying it should have been closed (I agree with Anna). If you disagree with my reasoning you really need to also post a new answer explaining …
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Dealing with duplicate answers

In general, the community ignores answers that are significantly newer than another with the same information. So I don't think it's really a problem, rep-farming or otherwise. You can feel free to …
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Should there be a "blogged" tag?

I would say no. blogged would be a meta tag, rather than a tag about the question's content. Users who care about the blog can just go and look at it :P
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Rename or remove [old-games]

I don't think old-games is useful. compatibility should be sufficient. Is anyone really filtering for old-games so that they can say "Use DOSBox" or "Use an XP virtual machine" or whatever else all …
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How do I tag 'It Belongs in an Ancient Ruin'?

belongs-in-ancient-ruin is one choice, keeping all the "content" words. It should be clear. The problem is that if someone types in "it-" it won't pop up as a suggestion. it-belongs-in-a-ruin is fa …
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Seriously? A screenshot service?

Edit 2: I really don't think the continuing to VTC without participating in the discussion was cool. I don't mind it myself. …
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What are the expectations of the Gaming Promotional Grant?

Some games I'll play through and not have a single question of it. Normally, that isn't an issue. But with something like this, I'll feel bad about not having anything to contribute back, and it ce …
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Merge [famicom] → [nes] or leave them separate?

The two games in the answer to the single famicom question appear to only have been released for the Famicom; the wiki articles don't mention the NES, anyways. To me that implies that there are Famic …
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What to do about "Can I make <game> work in a <region> not mine?" questions

If presumably-illegal activities aren't allowed, Off Topic would seem to work best. Those questions don't seem so bad however. The SC2 question in particular doesn't seem to make an assumption of cr …
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