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We are discontinuing support for identification questions
Just an observation; Walt was recently lauded for hitting the 100K mark here in terms of rep. Take note that 67% of his posts are in identify-this-movie and another I'm-not-really-sure-how-many are ...
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We are discontinuing support for identification questions
I think one option we could do is create a meta post detailing the avenues/resources that our experts would follow in order to identify movies and tv shows. This way we can at least point users to a ...
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We are discontinuing support for identification questions
Identification questions is what introduced me to this site. It is also why I got addicted to it. It is really a shame to see it go away. Especially when there is no other site that provides such ...
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How can I find the title of a movie from just a description or image?
First of all, there is a site within the Stack Exchange network which still accepts such questions:
Science Fiction & Fantasy requires the work to contain distinct science fiction, fantasy, or ...
Community wiki
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We are discontinuing support for identification questions
Not sure if this should be an "answer" or a comment, but I think that the tags should still show up in the selectable list when someone is asking a question with a warning of not to use the tags. If ...
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We are discontinuing support for identification questions
It sounds like there is enough support for a Movie/TV Trivia SE.
Seems odd to create what will essentially be a competing group, but other areas of SE have branched apart, so it's not unprecedented.
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We are discontinuing support for identification questions
Very dissatisfied with the disappearance of these questions, which I loved and kept coming back for.
Would it have taken a coding wizard to send an actual email to everyone who ever interacted with ...
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Comment Deletion guidelines?
The same guidelines as everywhere on SE, which means not so many other than that comments are not for extended discussion irrelevant to the question.
There are many comments that are downright useless ...
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Supported URLs for video embedding
How does video embedding work?
A link to a YouTube video, where the link text is the same as the href (typically a bare URL, but it can also be done using Markdown syntax) will be converted to an ...
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Need pointers for Low Quality Posts Review
The guidelines for questions, I reckon, are pretty straightforward. You'll close if a question deserves closure, vote looks OK if the flag isn't justified and skip if you're unsure.
You have four ...
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We are discontinuing support for identification questions
Came back to Movies & TV to ask another good quality identify this movie question. Sad to see it go.
Also disappointed to see that my previous identify this movie question seems to have vanished ...
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Use of copied content
Please try to not just copy material for these, but to write the content in your own words.
Also, most of the content from other pages does not belong in a tag wiki to begin with, regardless of ...
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We are discontinuing support for identification questions
I personally wouldn't be worried about the work these questions generate. Not every person has to answer every question. If you don't like it, don't answer it, and let someone who enjoys answering ...
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How can I find the title of a movie from just a description or image?
If you are looking to identify movies or TV shows with a Speculative Fiction theme (Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Horror, Superhero Fiction, Alternate History, Utopian and Dystopian Fiction, Supernatural Fiction, ...
Only top scored, non community-wiki answers of a minimum length are eligible
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