Questions tagged [discussion]
The question you're asking is designed to solicit opinions or best-practices on a particular topic, with the goal of reaching community consensus.
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Are questions asking for a real-world location used in a film/scene on topic?
I wanted to ask a question asking where in a particular scene of a movie is the real-world location, with a provided screenshot of the scene. Is that a valid question for this site?
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Temporary tags for ID questions while awaiting the unblocking of ID tags
It has been nearly three months since our community voted to reinstate ID questions, and more than a month since we requested that the Community Managers unblacklist tags such as identify-this-movie ...
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Community discussion on the new ID question close reason
I have some concerns regarding the introduction of this new close reason for ID questions:
Identification questions must contain sufficient detail to meet the site's quality standards. They should be ...
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How do I write a good movie or TV show identification answer?
The purpose of this meta post is to give us a single page to link users to for guidance on crafting a good movie or TV show identification answer, serving as a companion to our "Tips for asking ...
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Can I use 'Actor A' and 'Actor B' as placeholders if I don't know the actor/actress's name while posting a question?
I'm watching a foreign movie (e.g., French) and want to ask a question, but I don't know the actor/actress's name,
and I couldn't find it on IMDB's cast list.
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Tips for asking Movie/TV Identification questions
Some users' first posts to the site are questions relating to identification of movies, tv shows etc.
Many of these new users need some guidance on how to ask a good ID questions (include as many ...
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I'm going now and bid you all a very fond farewell
Like Mr. Baggins I have things to do that I've put off for far too long. I'm going to step down as a moderator of the wonderful Movies & TV StackExchange. I have for the past 12.5 years, about 9.5 ...
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Bringing back identification questions
As you might know, the topic of identification questions has been a rather controversial one over the site's entire history. About 6.5 years ago, the site decided to ban these questions as off-topic. ...
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What exactly falls under the first-appearance umbrella?
We have the first-appearance tag, with the following tag info:
Which was the first movie/show to use a certain characteristic or technique?
Questions with this tag should be looking for the first ...
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Please update the site policy to reflect community consensus on allowing identification questions
The community has recently reaffirmed its support for allowing identification (ID) questions on our site. It's time to update our policy and documentation accordingly.
Over a month ago, we had a ...
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Rewrites under the guise of editing questions must be banned
I only asked two questions, and both were essentially rewritten:
What is this weapon used in The Peacemaker?
Babylon - name all movies used in the concluding 30 seconds
This must not be permitted. I ...
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Can we modify the note in the "support for identification questions" meta post to reflect our ongoing policy discussion?
As you may already know, we currently have a featured meta discussion post asking, "What does the community want to do with identification questions?"
Right now, when we close ID questions, ...
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What does the community want to do with identification questions?
There have been several topics and discussions about whether "identification questions" should be on-topic or off-topic. Now, anytime such a question is asked, pros and cons come with their ...
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Why are ID questions banned when there are only 55 votes in favor of it and 135 votes against it?
Initial note:
I'm personally opposed to all forms of ID questions, but this question is not an argument about whether ID questions of any kind should or should not be allowed here.
I'm asking this ...
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Should we allow hypothetical "what if" questions about legal consequences for characters?
There's a question (currently open) on the site: What charges/prison time would Jack Black realistically be looking at by the end of School of Rock?
This essentially asks for speculation on a ...
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Why did a moderator decline my VLQ flag for a low-quality, duplicate answer?
Recently, I flagged an answer as “very low quality” because it essentially repeats an existing answer from over 4 years ago without providing any substantial additional information or reliable sources....
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merge [comedians-in-cars] and [comedians-in-cars-getting-coffee]?
comedians-in-cars 1 question:
Can someone explain the Acura "I sell cars, you sell you" ads?
comedians-in-cars-getting-coffee 1 question:
Who is Jerry ranting about in the Bridget Everett ...
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The [science-fiction] tag is rarely used correctly. What should we do to address this issue?
I have observed an issue with the usage of the science-fiction tag. Upon browsing through the 180+ questions tagged with science-fiction, I found that only a handful of questions seem to be using the ...
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Why was this VLQ answer converted to a comment?
The question What is this White Horse a reference to recently received the following answer:
Two references actually. That's Buster Scruggs. And twin peaks.
This, to me, is a textbook very low-...
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How can I make my question less “opinion-based”?
My question about Game of Thrones was down-voted and closed for being “opinion-based”, but I was invited to seek feedback and discussion here.
The suggested-order tag has a number of highly-voted ...
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What to put in the tag wiki of TV shows when there are several seasons?
Currently, the true-detective tag wiki excerpt says:
An American television crime drama series following the lives of two detectives, Rust Cohle and Martin Hart, who become entangled during a 17-year ...
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Rejected tag wiki suggestion
This month, I’ve posted a couple of questions under a new tag (five-nights-at-freddys). Being a new tag, it didn’t have an existing tag wiki, so (after consulting this meta post) I wrote up a tag ...
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How do I improve my "Skyfall" question for reopening?
The question "Critical reception of "Skyfall" is closed as opinion-based. Update the question so it can be answered with facts and citations. This will help others answer the question.
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Requesting the reopening of "What is the painting J. Paul Getty buys in 'All the Money in the World'?"
I think the question, “What is the painting J. Paul Getty buys in 'All the Money in the World'?”, deserves to be reopened. It was closed as off-topic for being a trivia question, but that’s not a ...
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What should the tag be for "The Following Events Are Based on a Pack of Lies"?
The title of the TV series "The Following Events Are Based on a Pack of Lies" is too long for a tag: it has 48 characters, when the maximum tag length is 35.
A possible tag could be events-...
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2023: a year in moderation
It’s that time of the year again! As we wave goodbye to last year and welcome the new one, we have a tradition of sharing moderation stats for the preceding calendar year.
As most of you here might be ...
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What's the correct way of using filmmaker tags? [duplicate]
From some recent posts, I noticed that there is a christopher-nolan tag, with 19 questions altogether. I'm not familiar with M&TV policy on filmmaker tags, and two related sister sites have very ...
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Should we display a banner to warn about our policy on AI-generated content?
Stack Exchange has announced that sites can now request to enable a banner to warn about their policy on AI-generated content. This banner could help prevent low-quality AI-generated posts from being ...
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How should we deal with AI-generated posts?
SE has recently announced that sites can now request to enable a banner to warn about their policy on AI-generated content. However, we have not yet established a policy on how to deal with such ...
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Should we rename the Movies and TV network?
Shouldn't the site have a more specific URL than movies.stackexchange.com, and a more specific name than Movies & TV?
It makes it look like it's everything about movies (and TV), which it's not.
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Why does Movies Stack Exchange have low activity even on very popular titles?
I've been observing the Movies Stack Exchange site and noticed a relatively low level of activity, particularly in terms of the number of new questions posted daily. On average, there seem to be only ...
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Why was the "What is the name of this Peanuts character?" question removed from the Hot Network Questions list?
I noticed that the question “What is the name of this Peanuts character wearing a purple shirt and purple/pink shoes?", which became a Hot Network Question 8 hours ago, was removed by a moderator ...
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Have identification question on meta been considered?
Identification questions have these features:
Many casual users ask them, don't want to read some rule about how to asking such questions before asking them, don't want to get downvoted/closed/...
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Why wasn't a movie identification site created?
Everybody needs movie identification; every existing method doesn't work, and most movie identification problems can be solved quickly on SE.
Movies & TV SE doesn't allow such questions, and ...
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Would it be opinion-based if I ask if a director's decision is ethical/acceptable?
I've read an article about a 1989 Iranian film where the male lead slaps the female lead very hard at one scene.
According to the article, the director didn't speak about the slap to the actress prior ...
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Requesting the reopening of "What type of plant is Léon's plant?"
I would like to request the reopening of the question, “What type of plant is Léon's plant?”, which was closed as off-topic for the reason that “trivia questions are off-topic”. The “trivia” close ...
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Is it on-topic to ask for advice on filmmaking?
A question asking, “How would you credit people who gave writing suggestions but did not actually participate in writing?” was recently left open in the close votes review queue and currently remains ...
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Why can't I undo my vote on comment?
I acidentally up-voted a comment on my question. But I'm unable to undo it. When I touch the red triangle nothing happens. Is it a bug or there's a reason?
I tried on other comments and I was able to ...
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Should Movies & TV SE participate in the 1 reputation voting experiment?
Stack Exchange is looking for sites that are willing to try out their 1 reputation voting experiment, which aims to improve participation and engagement. You can read more about it in this MSE post: “...
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Should people be expected to explain details to those who haven't seen the film or show?
I've seen comments where people ask things since they haven't seen it. Should that be taken seriously on Movies & TV SE?
For example, this question: Is it common to see diversity of backgrounds ...
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Is it okay to answer this question with this information?
I saw this question and it is about the origin of harem genre in anime:
but how did it start? What is the origin of Harem Anime?
All of the four answers are talking about the anime itself; that how ...
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Why isn't there an ethics tag [duplicate]
Why is there no ethics tag?
Why doesn't anyone create one?
For instance, it could be used to discuss ethics in movies, as well as the ethics of movie making.
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Is it ok to ask others to say if a movie has copied another movie based on watching?
I have watched two movies and I found the stories very similar (with just a little differences in details).
I searched the internet but I couldn't find any source relating the two works.
That's ...
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Is it out-of-scope to ask "Are there any films meeting criteria XYZ?"?
I'm trying to find some (mostly feature) films dealing with / focusing on a certain subject. And maybe I have additional criteria for them, e.g. constraints on the kind of director, or the continent ...
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The trivia close reason is no longer valid. Please reopen "What does Marty Jr. yell while crossing the street in BTTF2?"
I would like to request the reopening of the question, What does Marty Jr yell while crossing the street in BTTF2? This question is currently closed as “trivia”. It recently got reopen votes; however, ...
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Why do we lose one reputation by downvoting posts?
I recently found that I lose one reputation when I down-vote a post.
But why is that happening? Is that because the OP has given time to write their post? But what about posts that are bad enough to ...
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Why did a moderator keep the question about identifying a painting in Eternals closed?
The question, What is the name of this painting displayed on the Domo's wall in Eternals? - which was closed as both "trivia" and "identification" was unilaterally left closed ...
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How should the [animation] tag be used? What should we write as tag usage guidance in the tag wiki?
I would like to request community feedback on the animation tag usage guidance. I’ve noticed that this tag is being used as a meta tag; that is, it is applied to questions that are not about animation,...
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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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