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If answering and closing a question takes about the same time, why not just answer the question?
You should not answer questions that you know are off topic, and you should vote to close them.
The policy on these site is that we accept some questions but not others, and the rule is that we close ...
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If answering and closing a question takes about the same time, why not just answer the question?
Because it makes it appear as if those questions are on topic on the site when they are not. Even if the question is closed future users can point to it as an example of why they asked their off topic ...
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Question that seems opinion-based when someone does not know the objective answer
Taken literally, at face value, and out of context, you're right, those aren't necessarily opinion-based. But in context, past face value, they're opinion-based. And either way they're not good ...
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Should we refer recommendations and open questions to BGG and Reddit?
I don't think we should do that as a formal policy but members are free to make a suggestion of where a question can better be answered. I think overall we should focus on the question being on or off ...
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Recent Yu-Gi-Oh questions reaction - seems overcritical
There are a variety of factors here, and some of them might be actionable.
First, it's important to recognize that duplicate closure is not intended to be a punishment or anything like that. Closing a ...
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Why was question regarding professional play closed?
When a question asks for a list of things that match some criteria, a proper answer is one that provides a list of things matching that criteria, and the best answer is the one that leaves nothing out ...
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Asked a Yes/No question on mechanics, but Closed for Opinion Based?
I disagree that this is a simple yes/no question as it seem pretty clear that it does have a big impact on the balance of the game with the question being what kind of impact it would have (positive/...
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Why was question regarding professional play closed?
I voted to close it because it is a never ending list. There is an endless amount of possibilities that can be considered having professional players and deciding what game has one and doesn't can get ...
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Does the lack of an image automatically mean an identify-this-game question should be closed?
I think in this case it's sufficiently clear, so I voted to reopen. The tag wiki even says
"A game on a blue polka dot board with yellow dinosaur pieces from the early 90s" is great.
so ...
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Asked a Yes/No question on mechanics, but Closed for Opinion Based?
It wasn't a yes/no question at the time it was closed.
Being yes/no doesn't make a question immune to being closed as primarily opinion-based anyway. “Are these mechanics cool?” is a yes/no question. ...
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Asked a Yes/No question on mechanics, but Closed for Opinion Based?
I suspect that the original "too opinion based" was related to the wording of the question as asking for advice. With the edits, the focus on mechanical conflicts makes it looks a lot more objective ...
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Why was question regarding professional play closed?
List questions are frowned upon in most SE sites.
Similarly most sites have meta discussions as to whether they should be permitted. This site has one...
At what point does a question become a list, ...
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Why was question regarding professional play closed?
I think this is likely to be a sharply limited list, and should not be closed. Only a few games will have professional players as defined in the question, and fewer can be documented as having such ...
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Why was my question put on hold as being unclear?
You tagged it lord-of-the-rings while asking about components and mechanisms that don't exist in that game.
It's therefore unclear what you are asking about. Something that does exist which you've ...
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