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1:00 AM

Note: I'm doing some tag cleanup stuff. One part is editing tag wikis; another is removing the science-based tag from questions that have it and the hard-science tag. If you see random questions being bumped, that's the reason.

Ooh, new pet peeve: People that write tag wikis with terrible grammar.

Also: We need tag cleanup on a bunch of related tags, as well as some renaming (bio-mechanics $\to$ biomechanics would be nice). Some of the ones related to creature-design confused me in the past. For example, we also have a creatures tag (voting on worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/tags/creature-design/synonyms would be nice, btw).

Random tags we need to clear up or get rid of altogether (IMHO): social-norms, sapience, alternate-reality, alternate-worlds/alternate-earth, . . .

Damn, we have a lot of tags to clean up.

Samuel

2:08 AM

@Mazura Perhaps the magic users had buildings and ships which are wasting away after 300 years. It might be the trope that "magic" was simply advanced technology.

Mazura

I found a time line for the books. It's like 3~4k years or something. And a SF question about it.

Q: Ruins of famous landmarks in Shannara

In the previews for the show "The Chronicles of Shannara", they often show things like a moss covered Space Needle on it's side, and a large cargo ship. When I last read the books, I don't remember reading much about things like that. Were there any examples of famous landmarks in the ruins in t...

Space Needle after 3k years? ... maybe.

@Samuel - Same with decomposition I guess. It depends.

Samuel

@Mazura Ehhh, unlikely, especially if it fell over at some point.

Mazura

And covered in moss? yea.

Samuel

But Oblivion is a worse offender I think.

Buildings as cliff walls?

That doesn't even make sense.

Mazura

I think 1000y would be pushing it. If you don't paint the bridge every 3 years they fall down in less than 50.

Samuel

2:16 AM

Yeah, nature is a jealous force. She takes it all back sooner rather than later.

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Worldbuilding Meta

4:38 AM

Q: How is "WhatIf" different from Worldbuilding?

There is a site proposal up for a WhatIf.SE. The first question up is How is this different from Worldbuilding? I request help crafting an answer to that. I'm not very active here, only read a smattering of questions, and would love the input of more-experienced and more-knowledgeable community ...

discussion on-topic

Q: Sample questions for WhatIf

There is now a WhatIf.SE proposal over on Area 51. One element that would help it along would be a collection of sample questions. I believe we have that source material already at hand. (They're the very questions we're wrestling with when considering Is Worldbuilding a What If Site?) I request...

discussion on-topic

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Worldbuilding Meta

6:00 AM

Q: Questions based on movies

Are questions based on movies OK? More specifically, is something like this acceptable, or should it be kept in chat: reality-check evolution creature-design Anatomically correct (insert creature here) In movie A, creature B inhabits planet C. How can a real life creature evolve traits D and E...