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Please help me improve this question
A question I posted yesterday is currently sitting on two closevotes with two downvotes.
What does this dialogue mean in The Barefoot Contessa (1954)?
I'd very much like to know how to improve this ...
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Favorite questions and answers from the last quarter of 2019
Too late this time but we are back again.
Following the tradition, we would ask the community to link your favorite questions and answers created from 1st October to 31st December.
You can search ...
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Favorite questions and answers from the 3rd quarter of 2019
Another quarter ended in the year. We are back with favorite questions and answers.
Following the tradition, we would ask the community to link your favorite questions and answers created from 1st ...
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is it ok to edit someone's else answer, adding more info?
on this question here
I did not want to post an answer but I wanted to complement a different answer that I have accepted and upvoted, but I thought I would add information so that everyone could ...
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Favourite questions and answers from the 2nd quarter of 2019
End of another quarter. So, we are back with favorite questions and answers.
Following the tradition, we would ask the community to link your favorite questions and answers created from 1st April to ...
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People have missed the entire point of the question about bad gay guys in movies
This was not a list question by whoever wrote it.
It was making the point that the culture of cinema has most of the time had gay guys as good guys. So the OP asked for exceptions. Asking for ...
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Does this SE have a ban on Avengers: Endgame questions?
I would like to ask for something regarding the movie... but so as not to spoil the others that have not yet seen it, does this SE created a ban on MCU Avengers: Endgame questions?
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Favourite questions and answers from the 1st quarter of 2019
First quarter has come to end. So, we are back with favorite questions and answers from the past quarter.
Following the tradition, we would ask the community to link your favorite questions and ...
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Favourite questions and answers from 4th quarter of 2018
Happy New Year! I hope everyone enjoyed the holidays and the Winterbash.
Continuing the tradition, we would again ask the community to link your favorite questions and answers created from 1st ...
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Favourite questions and answers from the 3rd quarter of 2018
End of third quarter and we return to ask you about your favorite questions and answers. So, what are your favorite questions and answers from 1st July 2018 to 30th September 2018.
You can use search ...
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How to improve this question?
I have a question which requires improvement:
How did Superman know that Lois was falling to catch her in time?
It is asking for an explanation of how Superman can apparently hear Lois but not his ...
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Why an off-topic question would be put on hold and not closed?
I asked a question today which I felt would probably be off-topic (too close to asking for recommendations). It was put on hold, fair enough.
Why has not it been simply closed? I mention in that ...
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Favourite questions and answers from the 2nd quarter of 2018
Another quarter ended.
Following the tradition, we would ask the community again to link your favorite questions and answers created from 1st April 2018 to 30th June 2018.
You can search all the ...
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After what amount of time after movie release, is it ok to put a spoiler in the title?
Do we have any rule on time for spoiler titles? I mean, when is it ok to put a spoiler in the title? To put it better, what amount of time, after release of the movie, needs to pass so it's ok to put ...
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What do we do with “Future works” questions?
Future works questions are questions that are about movies or shows that are yet to be released. Many questions about their contents can't be answered as of yet. Or more importantly, the shouldn't be ...
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May I put full length movies or TV shows here?
When there is an question or answer is it ok to put a link to the movie if available on the internet as a side note?
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Are questions about film theory on topic?
I have a specific question in mind regarding Laura Mulveys theory of Male Gaze and Noel Carrols later criticism of it (Where there serious replies to Carrol? What does remain of Mulveys Male Gaze if ...
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Favourite questions and answers from the 1st quarter of 2018
First quarter of 2018 has come to an end.
Following the tradition, we would ask the community again to link your favorite questions and answers created from 1st January 2018 to 31st March 2018.
You ...
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Favourite questions and answers from the 4th quarter of 2017
A happy new year to all! As done 3 months ago, We would ask the community again to link your favorite questions and answers created from 1st October 2017 to 31st December 2017
You can search all the ...
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1answer
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Favourite questions and answers from the 3rd quarter of 2017
We'd once again ask the community for their favourite questions and answers from the past quarter. So please link to your favorite questions and answers which were created from July 1st 2017 through ...
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Favourite questions and answers from the 2nd quarter of 2017
We'd once again ask the community for their favourite questions and answers from the past quarter. So please link to your favorite questions and answers which were created from April 1st 2017 through ...
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Why does two of my questions have 10K views though when you click on the question itself it has less?
I have two questions:
Spy movie where recruits are tested by flooding their dormitory
and:
How do they film someone being stabbed with a weapon that goes all the way through?
Why are they ...
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Can I ask too many questions?
I watch TV very frequently and have a lot of questions. However, I feel like I can't ask all of them at once because it could flood the Active Questions, stealing away from other users. So I want to ...
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Is there a way to remove a flag?
My question is pretty straightfoward. I flagged this question as a duplicate, but realized later it wasn't actually a duplicate.
Is there a way for me to remove the flag? Or only moderators can do ...
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So, out of these questions about 1960s Japanese TV, what would be a question for this SE?
So, out of these questions about 1960s Japanese TV, what would be a question for this SE? Or should it be moved to History.SE or something?
From this deleted question.
What did they broadcast and ...
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Is asking about a movie IN a music video on-topic?
My identification question Movie from fragment in Cyndi Lauper's 'Time After Time' music video about a movie featuring in a music video was put on hold as off-topic, citing the default link to the ...
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Favourite questions and answers from the 4th quarter of 2016
As done 3 months ago, we'd once again ask the community for their favourite questions and answers from the past quarter. So please link to your favorite questions and answers which were created from ...
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Favourite questions and answers from the 3rd quarter of 2016
As done 3 months ago, we'd once again ask the community for their favourite questions and answers from the past quarter. So please link to your favorite questions and answers which were created from ...
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1answer
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Questions most-viewed and least-liked
I am curious about questions with lots of views but few likes.
Is it possible to generate a report that ranks questions by likes per view?
As an alternative measurement, is it possible to generate ...
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Favourite questions and answers from the 2nd quarter of 2016
As done 3 months ago, we'd once again ask the community for their favourite questions and answers from the past quarter. So please link to your favorite questions and answers which were created from ...
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1answer
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Bad policing and constant down-voting of questions with the [identify-this-movie] tag
There is an extremely bad policing and constant down-voting of questions with the [identify-this-movie] and other identify-this- tags. In my view this is a bad practice and something needs to be done ...
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Are questions about TV commercials on-topic? [duplicate]
Are questions about television commercials considered on-topic? More specifically, I'm referring to:
Production methods applied to commercials, and how they differ from those used in TV programs or ...
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Favourite questions and answers from the 1st quarter of 2016
The new year has begun and as done 3 months ago, we'd once again ask the community for their favourite questions and answers from the past quarter. So please link to your favorite questions and ...
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Favourite questions and answers from the 4th quarter of 2015
The last year is over and as done 3 months ago, we'd once again ask the community for their favourite questions and answers from the past quarter. So please link to your favorite questions and answers ...
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How to improve the problem with identification questions?
As many of you know, one way or the other this site has a problem with identification questions.
The large and rising influx of identification questions, which are often of rather low quality, ...
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Favourite questions and answers from the 3rd quarter of 2015
As done 3 months ago, we'd once again ask the community for their favourite questions and answers from the past quarter. So please link to your favorite questions and answers which were created from ...
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Statistics on identification questions and their askers
Identification questions are a major point of discussion on this site and we all have our own subjective impressions about them. Therefore I would like to have some more hard numbers and statistics ...
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Asking for opinion or potential answer due to lack of official statement?
There are some series that ended in midway, I mean unexpectedly in 1/2 season, for example The Tomorrow People. These series failed to explain the whole plot and remain a mystery.
There are also ...
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Favourite questions and answers from the 2nd quarter of 2015
As done 3 months ago, we'd once again ask the community for their favourite questions and answers from the past quarter. So please link to your favorite questions and answers which were created from ...
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Can I ask a question about the unaired, leaked episodes of Game of Thrones? [duplicate]
The first four episodes of Game of Thrones Season 5 have been leaked. Is it allowed to ask questions about the unaired, leaked episodes here?
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Favourite questions and answers from the 1st quarter of 2015
As done 3 months ago, I'd once again ask the community for their favourite questions and answers from the past quarter. So let's see what great and interesting questions and answers the start of the ...
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Is it not opinion based?
This question looks opinion based to me. Even placed a close vote to it but community looks acceptable to it. Just want to see if it just got ignored or this kind of question are acceptable?
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Should Plot Inconsistency tags have a time limit?
I'm aware from this previous question: Are questions about specific plot details on topic? that discussions on specific plot details in a movie are acceptable.
I also know from this highly useful ...
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Should we allow “Does this film include…” questions?
I haven't seen a lot of this type of questions yet, only three to be exact, but I think it might be a good idea to make a decision before we get more of them.
If you didn't fully understand what kind ...
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Is the Downton Abbey viewing order question on topic?
Is the following question on topic?
https://movies.stackexchange.com/questions/9552/downton-abbey-christmas-special-order
It is about the viewing order of a series with a very limited number of ...
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Stats on people whose first question was an identify question
I'm curious to know what percentage of users whose first question was an ID question:
accepted answers to their questions
went on to become members of the site (if they were unregistered)
went on to ...
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Questions plagiarised from Quora
I noticed that just about every one of user Jash Jacob's questions have been lifted from Quora. Can something be done about this?
(I can vaguely recall a ban being handed out. But I'm unsure if it ...
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Bug when sorting by votes?
I was looking a the questions with the most votes, and I noticed what appears to be a bug in the sorting system.
All the questions on page 1 seem fine, but the votes on questions on page 2 drop off ...
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We're looking for long answers that provide some explanation and context
Somtimes below a question body this text block is placed:
We're looking for long answers that provide some explanation and context. Don't just give a one-line answer: please explain why you're ...
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Questions grouped by movie / series
I know we don't want tags for movies or tv series. But I would be very glad if somehowe we could produce a list of unanswered questions grouped by movie (or tv series) title.
Such a grouping would ...
