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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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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Question category and movie identification
This question presents an extension/generalization of the SE system so that movie identification can be done more formally with less compromise, i.e. the source for the identification problem could be ...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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