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Speculative Close

This question of mine was recently closed due to being off topic because it is speculative. The hold explanation includes a reference to this meta question from a couple of years ago, and I find som …
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Is it ok to post simple puzzles?

One thing to add to AE's answer is to ponder why it is simple. If it is simple because everyone has already heard it, then you would want to make sure that it is not a duplicate of or relatively simil …
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Publishing puzzles both on Puzzling.SE and elsewhere

Current discussion makes it seem that the point is to be the "One Puzzling Site to rule them All" if I may be a bit cheeky. …
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What should the subjects of our fortnightly topic challenges be? (with updates!)

Somewhat similar to movies, but then again an entirely different genre, how about: plays, or musical, or stage-performance As suggested by AE, theater. Something along those lines. Can't think of …
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The Ability to Change Vote?

The idea of an influx of bad riddles has been raised recently, as well as just an overall feeling of us being different. I am wondering if a change in some voting rules could help with this. When we v …
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2016 Moderator Election Q&A - Question Collection

As is witnessed in every human interaction, and has been seen in the past on this site, no one gets along with everyone. As a moderator, how would you remain neutral towards a user/users who you find …
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Avoiding Sock Puppets

So, a question was asked earlier today that was quickly closed. It did raise a question in my mind that I thought I would put forward. What is there to keep someone who is trying to promote an exter …
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Avoiding Plagiarism and Spam [duplicate]

So, some recent discussion has raised a question in my mind, and just plain in general. A buddy of mine and I are thinking of starting up a small site for puzzles. …
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