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What if a question's embedded video clip is struck down for copyright violation?
What, if anything, should we do, if a question is asked which includes an embedded video (i.e. from YouTube, etc.) where the embedded video is no longer available due to the copyright holder taking it ...
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Should we allow questions asking opinions about what type of shot is in a given screenshot?
I came across this question in the Close votes review queue — Open vs closed shot.
Would you classify this image from Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children as an open frame or a closed frame? ...
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Top tags requiring a tag wiki
Tag wikis are descriptions of tags that are displayed when you hover over a tag or when you are tagging a question. Tags should at least have tag wiki excerpts (usage guidance) to help users ...
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Can I ask for help identifying a piece of music in a TV series episode?
I want to identify a musical piece played by a character in a TV series episode. Would such a question be on topic? If not, could you potentially suggest where I could look for such information?
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Imgur TOS change on May 15, 2023 may result in the loss of many media files
Imgur announced new Terms of Service that will go into effect on May 15, 2023, with one of the changes being:
removing old, unused, and inactive content that is not tied to a user account
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Should we allow questions about hypothetical legal repercussions a character may face at the end of a movie or TV show episode?
There's this question, regarding the hypothetical legal consequences a character may face at the end of a movie:
What charges/prison time would Jack Black realistically be looking at by the end of ...
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Is there any traditional challenge this year also?
I am talking about this challenge
Is there any traditional challenge this year also?
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Can't suggest an edit to a tag wiki: "The edit queue is full at the moment" error message is always shown even if the edit review queue is clear
More than 12 hours ago, I tried to create a tag wiki for the poker-face tag but encountered an error message:
The edit queue is full at the moment - try again in a few minutes!
I tried again in a ...
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What power structures are in place here? Is this site democratic?
I thought the moderation here is not akin to an authoritarian regime but democratic, based on consensus and therefore reflects the will of the users.
But judging from these facts it appears to be the ...
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2022: a year in moderation
As we say goodbye to the old year and welcome the new one, we have a tradition of sharing moderation stats for the preceding calendar year.
As most of you here are aware, sites on the Stack Exchange ...
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Is it on-topic to ask for a formal definition of "plot hole?"
I read and write about plot holes, here and on reddit, and over the years I have come to feel that there are enough inconsistencies in the conventional wisdom concerning what does and doesn't ...
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We're retiring the "trivia" close-reason
First of all, I and the rest of the moderation team want to apologize that the following took a little while and maybe longer than it should have. We discussed this issue early on and were largely in ...
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Please update the site's close reasons, site tour, and help center to reflect the community consensus that trivia questions are no longer off-topic [duplicate]
It's been almost 3 months since the meta post, Which trivia questions are on-topic and which are off-topic? (+15/0 votes) was posted. It currently has two answers (+19/-1 and +11/-1 votes) stating ...
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Why was the "Songs sung in Beetlejuice (1988)" question deleted?
Why was the "Songs sung in Beetlejuice (1988)" question (Internet Archive mirror) deleted?
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I thought that a general (Stack Exchange's, cross-site) rule of thumb says that:
We'...
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ID Questions - better info in the Help pages
We no longer support ID questions. This is mentioned in Help - What topics can I ask about here?, but I don't think it's broad enough.
In comments under a recently closed question asking to identify ...
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Tag merge and synonym request: [glass-onion] → [glass-onion-a-knives-out-mystery]
Since the full and official title of the movie is Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery (according to Netflix, IMDb, and Rotten Tomatoes), I am requesting that glass-onion be merged and synonymized to ...
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Is it on-topic to ask "Mandela effect" questions, in which the OP asks if their memory of a movie scene is correct or if the scene actually existed?
Note: The question I was referring to below has been deleted after I made this post, and its OP's account was also deleted, but my post should still stand in case similar questions are posted in the ...
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Why was this answer deleted?
One, and only one, of the answers to the question, What was the first film to depict the American military as villains? has been deleted by a diamond mod. A reason for the deletion might be asserted ...
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Creation of a ww2 tag -- pros and cons?
I asked a question about a scene in a movie that not only takes place during ww2 in Vichy France but also ww2 and the persecution of Jews are absolutely central to the film which is Au Revoir Les ...
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Directing users to ask their ID questions on SF&F.SE
Quite a few times I see people directing users with ID questions to go to other sites like SF&F. While we still welcome ID questions there, we do expect a reasonable level of detail and it only ...
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Are questions about availability of movies in certain format or quality on-topic?
I would like to find out if a certain movie is available in real (non-upscaled) 4K in the original wide-screen format. Preliminary research (reviews on Amazon) shows that the only available 4K version ...
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Specifically for this site, how should the "no longer needed" comment flag be used?
Inspired by events in this question: Why didn't the Ex-Wife work?
The purpose of a comment in Stack Exchange as I understand is to improve a question as given here:
Comments are for, and should ...
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Does the tag "inside-man-series" follow our conventions?
I just noticed the tag inside-man-series. Does this follow our naming conventions? Shouldn't it use the year instead of the word "series"?
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Which trivia questions are on-topic and which are off-topic?
Recently I asked a trivia question about the oldest actors cast relative to their biopic subjects. This question was closed for being off-topic trivia.
This surprised me, as I've browsed this ...
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Value of speculation, partial answers, and answers in comments
What is the value of providing speculative answers, partial answers, or answers (usually uncited and under-supported) in comments? These are comments that the author was not confident enough to ...
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Why wasn't bounty awarded for this question?
According to bounty description here, following rules apply for if bounty is not awarded explicitly.
Bounty period of 7 days and 24 hours grace period should had ended.
Answer should be created after ...
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Does movies & TV adopt meta's approach to multiple answers?
See What is the official etiquette on answering a question twice?
When you have two distinct answers, it's better to post two different answers than to put them both into one answer.
Does Movies &...
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Is the "needs more focus" close reason a catch-all?
Is the close reason that says a question needs more focused always only used for questions that need more focus? Or is it sometimes used when no other close reason fits? Are some questions that are ...
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Should Movies & TV Meta have obituary posts for deaths of famous cineasts, similar to what Sci Fi and Fantasy does?
Sci-Fi and Fantasy have Meta posts that get added to the front page when people with significance for the genre die, like actors, writers, directors, voice actors, reviewers, and other significant ...
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Please provide some direction about how much more focused this needs to be
I've made several edits to this question trying to focus it for this site. But rather than guessing what is focused enough, could you please tell me how focused it needs to be? Even having some ...
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Changing tags from [the-fairly-oddparents] to [the-fairly-odd-parents]
Could someone rename the-fairly-oddparents to the-fairly-odd-parents as this is not one singular word...
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Why was my answer edited?
My answer to this question was edited by a Moderator, and the result was a less complete explanation, which resulted in a downvote (or perhaps the Mod downvoted it?). The edited paragraph was factual ...
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Merge [top-gun-2] and [top-gun-maverick]?
Can the tags top-gun-2 and top-gun-maverick be merged? Or maybe delete top-gun-2 and retag the question (s)?
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Assuming song identification is still on-topic, is this community okay being referred as an alternative resource on Anime & Manga SE?
Anime.SE has just deprecated song identification, thus inspired by Movies.SE for providing the alternative resources, we also have our own here.
Currently, we are looking for alternative sites that ...
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We need dynamic titles
I was about to ask a question on a movie currently in cinemas. Since I want to avoid spoilers in the title, I end up with stupid titles such as
What did he do in that scene?
It simply does not make ...
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The tag "topgun-maverick" should be corrected to "top-gun-maverick"
Can someone please fix the tag topgun-maverick to the correct spelling "top-gun-maverick"?
I cannot do it because when I try to replace the wrong tag with the right tag, the system refuses ...
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Why was this question reopened?
This question was closed by vote as being trivia and therefore off topic: Is this the biggest age gap between romantic leads where the actress is the older?
Then, it seems after an edit that as far as ...
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Why was my flag to suggest a revision declined but then later the revision was done?
See (Avengers spoilers) here re my meta question How would peer review happen for meta spoiler answers?:
iandotkelly spoils an Avengers movie when trying to give an answer with examples of generic ...
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How would peer review happen for meta spoiler answers?
For some questions asking what kind of TV series/movies satisfy certain conditions, there may be answers where saying the name of the TV series/movie is a spoiler. Eg I just asked Besides iCarly, has ...
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Why are comments being removed from questions? Why not move them to chat, with a link to the chat in the comments?
I posted this Why does Neelix cook, when the replicator can produce any meal? which last time I looked had 3 or 4 comments on the question. This morning, the comments have gone. If they have been ...
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Is it possible to object to (and revert) an edit that was made to my question?
A user has made edits to my question which I find objectionable. It's edit #3 here.
The changes:
replace "filmmakers" with "film makers"
replace "&" with "and&...
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Oscar 2022 Topic Challenge: The nominees for Best Picture [completed]
The celebration of the 94th Annual Academy Awards ("Oscars") might be a chance to discuss the contenders for the Oscar for Best Picture of the year. So we're starting a new biweekly topic ...
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film.stackexchange.com should redirect to the site
If you go to http://film.stackexchange.com/ , you get a 404 page.
I believe you should be redirected to https://movies.stackexchange.com/ .
(Personally, I often type the former rather than the latter ...
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Which is the best SE to ask about the meaning behind a movie title adapated from a novel?
I want to ask about the significance of the title Primal Fear.
I've only seen the movie, but I know it's based on a novel of the same name.
Film adaptations can differ substantially from their source ...
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Should I post this question about a chemistry related joke in Louie on this site?
This question https://chemistry.stackexchange.com/q/162688/108725was closed but Buck Thorn, a mod, commented that maybe I should try posting it on Movies & TV, after editing it suitably.
He said,&...
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Can we tidy up Adaptation?
We've got adaptation, book-adaptation, comic-adaptation, video-game-adaptation and play-adaptation.
Some tag wiki's are filled in, some are just the usage. It's unclear if the specific tags should be ...
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Why does this question have a Historical Lock? It should be reopened
Minutes ago I turned on the TV and saw an item on the wall of the Big Bang Theory apartment. I didn't know what it was, googled it, and was happy to find the exact question asked on Stack Exchange.
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2021: a year in moderation
As we say goodbye to the old year and welcome the new one, we have a tradition of sharing moderation stats for the preceding calendar year.
As most of you here are aware, sites on the Stack Exchange ...
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People keep asking if I'm back and I haven't really had an answer, but yeah, I'm thinking I'm back
Three years back I stepped out of moderation positions and kept my hat for rest due to time shortage and personal life. But this site never left me, to be frank. So when I felt I can join back as ...
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I am interested in classic TV and Radio -- I think classic TV (like 1940s-1960s) are okay, but what of radio?
I currently have a specific question about an old and extremely obscure radio show -- is Movies the place where it can be asked? Is there a better stackexchange (I find one for amateur (Ham) radio but ...
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