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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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Why are mathematical question posted on Puzzling SE?
These questions are on-topic here, as long as they're math puzzles instead of math problems. We like good math puzzles! … Math.SE is one of the biggest sites here - I think only Stack Overflow is bigger - it can survive losing a small handful of physics questions. …
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Recurring posts about cryptic crosswords
There is a main-meta question addressing when you have multiple questions to ask at once. … As long as the number of questions is limited (e.g. 1-2 a week seems fair) and they're not of poor quality, it shouldn't bother most people. …
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Re-asking a question when an unintended answer is given
We often have questions which are not specific enough with their initial phrasing. (Mostly [enigmatic-puzzle] and [riddle]). …
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Can I ask for feedback about a new kind of puzzle for kids?
Its final questions are all centered around feedback on solution Z. This means that answerers can focus on how well solution Z actually solves problem Y, keeping in mind goal X. …
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Is it okay to ask for help in a hard Google human verification puzzle?
As these are currently made, they are not on-topic. There is no puzzle element. All to do is simply follow instructions and identify things meant to be easily identifiable. We have no way to know exac …
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Ongoing not-exactly-contests
We copied from Math.SE, so I'll just copy in their reasoning here:
If the "contest" has no definite duration, then we do not consider questions on it as contest questions for this discussion. … The answers to these questions tend to be non-enlightening, just "hey look this works". …
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