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The questions tag should be used when you ask a question on meta that is referencing question(s) on the main site. For example, if you have a question about why questions on Puzzling Stack Exchange are of such low quality, you should include the questions tag.

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Puzzle askers should say if they don't know the answer [duplicate]

By default, I expect questions posed to be puzzles with nice solutions that were crafted for me to find and enjoy. … This largely seems to be a miscommunication due to the similar formats of puzzles and actual questions. …
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Are knowledge/trivia puzzles on-topic?

Are knowledge/trivia puzzles on-topic? I'm talking about puzzles that are solved basically by knowing or looking up facts. I'm not talking about puzzles where this is just one element, or where the an …
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Are math-textbook-style problems on topic?

There's been some recent questions on the site that are problems from math textbooks, or problems in that style. … Related discussion: Should mathematics questions really be on-topic here? …
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What do downvotes on challenge questions mean?

There's been some heated discussion about downvotes on challenge questions in chat and on downvoted questions. … Moreover, we've been asked to figure out how challenge questions fit it to the SE model, of which voting is part. …
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Should we temporarily remove ourselves from the Hot Network Questions?

Multiple of our high-activity questions have appeared over the last week on Hot Network Questions (HNQ) on the Stack Exchange front page, leading to an increase in traffic. …
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