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Please do not recommend moving an on topic SFF video game identification question to Arqade!
For a more general rule, the only time we should recommend moving questions between sites is if the question is off topic for the current site, but would be a good, on-topic question elsewhere.
Some ...
RobotnikMod
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Should we have a migration path to Software Recs for game recommendation questions?
No, for the same reasons we don't migrate to GameDev.
SoftwareRecs' policy on games is extremely strict. Game questions there must solve problems- not alleviate boredom and not solve a particular ...
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What happened to the option to move questions to a different Stack in vote to close?
Migration paths to outside sites have been closed since at least 2014. From what I understand, migration was mostly used poorly, so the tool was taken away from 3k users.
While migration paths ...
UnionhawkMod
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Guidelines for migration from Science Fiction & Fantasy
Disclaimer: I am just an experienced user who wants to give their opinion. Some more official guidance from moderators is probably more appropriate.
First, I want to get our "what topics can I ...
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Instead of closing this question, how about migrating it to GameDev?
We're not really in the habit of migrating 10 year old questions, especially ones with several answers, with an asker that has been inactive for over 2 years. If you feel that none of the answers are ...
WipqoznMod
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Should we redirect Game Identifications to other SE (or even non-SE) sites?
We close Game Identification questions without an audiovisual artifact because they're just not a good fit for our Q&A format, but that doesn't mean we don't want to help users track down a game. ...
WipqoznMod
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Other Stack Exchange sites are missing from the migration options
Many of Arqade's users don't know the rules and guidelines for other sites. Specifically:
Superuser never answer questions about consoles or non-PC hardware/software.
GameDev don't allow "how do I ...
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Please do not recommend moving an on topic SFF video game identification question to Arqade!
Looking at the last 5 of your questions on your site with both story-indentification and video-games I agree that no one should be recommending moving them to the Arqade. If any one of those questions ...
DragonrageMod
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Should we redirect Game Identifications to other SE (or even non-SE) sites?
If the game has a scifi/fantasy setting, such identification questions might well be on-topic on https://scifi.stackexchange.com under the story-identification tag.
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Should we redirect Game Identifications to other SE (or even non-SE) sites?
Following a larger discussion around how we can better help users that visit our site, Arqade now has two faq questions for suggesting good places to go for off-topic Identification and Recommendation ...
RobotnikMod
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