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My post on a Nemesis thread

With all due respect, did you read the comments that were posted? However, please note that we're not a regular discussion forum, but rather a focused Q&A site. If you have a new question, please ...
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My post on a Nemesis thread

Stack Exchange is a question and answer site, not a system of post threads like most forums and social media. You posted a new question as an answer to the question - it wasn't an answer so it was ...
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Can a gold badge holder nominate/vote to close a question as a duplicate?

No, once you have this power you cannot choose not to use it. Often, if I'm not entirely sure, I'll wait for two or three other people to vote before voting myself. That way, even though my vote is ...
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Weekly email is primarily about Magic: The Gathering

It's algorithmically generated, presumably based on things like number of answers, votes, views, post age, and so on, but I don't know the details offhand. So unfortunately, the answer here, or lack ...
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Should a "Poker Dice" tag exist?

Assuming that the game of Poker Dice is on-topic at all, then it is reasonable to have a tag for it. After all, it is normal to have a tag for each game. Dice games are on-topic, according to this ...
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Bug: I Can't Post Comments

The browser you are using is not in the list of supported browsers, or even in the list of browsers that are not officially supported but seem to work anyway. As this seems to be a client-side issue, ...
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Reputation earned in migrated answers

This is the site working as intended. If a question belongs on meta, then main-site reputation should not be awarded for it or its answers, regardless of where it was originally posted. That said, I'...
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My post on a Nemesis thread

Your "answer" was deleted because it did not provide an answer to the question. For more information, please see Why and how are some answers deleted? If you want to know how to write a good ...
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How do I correct a misspelled tag?

You have enough reputation to edit the tags of the question and make sure the tag is spelled correctly. If a tag isn't used on any question, it's automatically deleted after 24 hours. See How can we ...
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What do I add to my question?

The first comment on your question is asking for clarification Wouldn't its origins and evolution be necessarily part of its history? What are you looking to find out that you have been unable to ...
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Closed a dupe but with the wrong Q&A, please close again

status-completed – I've dupehammered it. In the future, you could edit the duplicate list instead of reopening it.
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How should we tag old questions that don't specify an editon?

Unless the version is specified in the question we shouldn't add version tags to a question. Even if you know the current version at the time of the question was 6th edition you don't know that is the ...
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Why did this question get three review comments?

The Low Quality Posts review queue asks you, if you choose Delete or Recommend Deletion, if you want to leave one of five standard comments, corresponding to the most common situations where a (new) ...
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Bug: I Can't Post Comments

We do not support browsers in beta/alpha or experimental states. Please use one of the supported browsers.
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Requesting tag for AnyDice

Tags can only be created by using them in a question's tag field. You can't create them in advance. So the tag will be created when: someone submits a new question and adds the tag anydice to it, or ...
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How do we enter Go Boards on this site?

You can code diagrams of as much of a board as you want, with a maximum of 10 numbered moves and various highlights and letters. This function only works on the main site, not here on meta. ...
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Problem with expansion tag

We can now rename it All sites are now allowed to use tags with 35 characters. Thus we can rename these tags to battlestar-galactica-pegasus and battlestar-galactica-exodus.
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Hide specific Questions

As far as I know, you cannot do this. The only question hiding functionality is by hiding tags as you mentioned.
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How can I hide ignored-tagged questions?

It should be right in the ignored tag section.
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What does the help center mean by "the preparation of miniatures/terrain/etc."?

If the game is on topic for B&CG.SE (ex. Warhammer), then questions about building and painting miniatures and terrain for those games are also on topic. While most of the questions we get are ...
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Why is my edited answer greyed out?

Answers with a net score below a certain threshold are grayed out to de-emphasize incorrect or otherwise bad answers. Your post is currently at a score of -4. Your edit did bump the question to the ...
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Who can add a new tag ticket-to-ride-nordic-countries?

I've added it and applied it to two of the questions Andrew T. mentioned in comments: Is there a list of routecards for Ticket to Ride: Nordic Countries? Ferries and Tunnels in Ticket to Ride ...
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New Tag for Thornwatch?

Added the tag. Tags will get fixed pretty quickly around here. If needed, you can always flag the question.
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Should a "Poker Dice" tag exist?

Go ahead and create the tag, that reasoning is perfectly solid. If we do have a tag for this, it's not very discoverable to either of us. Were we to discover it later we'd probably create a synonym. ...
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