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9 answers
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We are discontinuing support for identification questions

NOTE: While identification questions are not accepted on the site as detailed in this announcement, the community is currently reviewing this policy and how to proceed with these questions in the ...
Napoleon Wilson's user avatar
55 votes
2 answers
44k views

How can I find the title of a movie from just a description or image?

I need to find the title of a movie or TV-show, but I only know part of its story and/or descriptions of scenes and characters. I might happen to know who acted in it or even have some images from it. ...
Napoleon Wilson's user avatar
7 votes
1 answer
221 views

Why are identification questions not allowed here, but allowed on the Science Fiction & Fantasy site?

I found that the Science Fiction & Fantasy site indeed allows such questions. What is the difference between the topics of these two sites that caused these different decisions? Or is it just that ...
jw_'s user avatar
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44 votes
1 answer
574 views

Let's congratulate Walt for achieving a milestone of 100k

Walt is a resourceful and valued contributor to our community here. He is always polite, thoughtful and helpful to all users. He has earned the recognition and respect of the community for his ...
A J's user avatar
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11 votes
1 answer
735 views

Please unlock, undelete, & reopen closed ID questions in line with our community consensus

As you may be aware, our community has recently reaffirmed its support for identification questions. Relevant previously featured June 2024 meta discussion post: What does the community want to do ...
galacticninja's user avatar
7 votes
1 answer
353 views

Identification Question Cleanup: Closing existing questions

As part of no longer supporting identification questions, we're starting the next phase of cleaning up the existing baggage, which is closing and locking all the existing questions. This process ...
Napoleon Wilson's user avatar
-6 votes
1 answer
129 views

Removing my closed & locked identify-this- questions

After identify-this-* questions was discontinued, I have no interest in remaining on this site - partly because it was the type of questions I myself wanted answered, and partly because it tipped me ...
Baard Kopperud's user avatar
-1 votes
1 answer
63 views

Can this old ID question of mine get migrated to SciFi.SE, please?

About three years ago, when I first joined, I asked this ID question: Cartoon in which Donald Duck tries to stop another duck from committing suicide. When ID questions were made off-topic in early ...
F1Krazy's user avatar
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4 votes
1 answer
59 views

My posts disappeared from the site

I like to drop by our site from time to time but I am not a very frequent user, so I'm not sure when this happened I remember I had 3 more identification questions on the site, each had upvotes, ...
user13267's user avatar
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4 votes
1 answer
116 views

How was the criteria chosen for deleting the identify-X questions?

I recently read the post describing the criteria used to purge the site of the least worthy of the identify-X questions. The criteria used was: They have a score of +5 or more. They have at least one ...
Erik's user avatar
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3 votes
1 answer
81 views

How to undelete my two Movie ID questions that were locked for "historical significance" that may now be on-topic?

I have two questions that became off-topic (Movie ID), were then closed, then locked "for historical significance" and then after that, deleted by a different moderator. I'm not sure why the ...
uhoh's user avatar
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