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http://puzzling.xyz/ | Discussion about creating or moving to a different venue to pose and solve puzzles
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Joe
Dec 3, 2014 14:21
Good luck convincing Emrakul that puzzles are on-topic in Puzzling.SE
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Joe
Dec 3, 2014 13:31
Riddles are ON TOPIC on the new puzzling site
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Joe
Dec 3, 2014 11:44
OK, puzzling.xyz purchased
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Joe
Dec 3, 2014 20:41
At risk of upsetting some people if they do think like that, being a diamond Mod isn't status, it's a job heh. Everyone can contribute to the community and the reward is that the community you're part of grows. That's my take, anyhow. I don't want to see P.SE die, it's way too fun to spend time on :-)
Joe
Dec 3, 2014 19:37
It would appear we can't do much about it, but I think if the Community Director agrees that puzzles should be on-topic, then puzzles are on-topic. I can't deny that P.SE is the best place for us to be as a community - the traffic from the Stack is very valuable to growing P.SE
Victor
Dec 3, 2014 17:14
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A: Puzzling.SE: Where We Hate Fun - It's time to disallow challenge questions

Robert CartainoYour aspirations are commendable, but I don't think it is realistic to take ~90% of your content (and the community that created it) and simply toss it out telling everyone "you're doing it wrong." The story that we've convinced ourselves is that… "as soon as we stop everyone who’s using this sit...

Victor
Dec 3, 2014 17:04
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Q: Is this subject forbidden by SE management?

A EProposal: Puzzle and Riddle Challenges In comments on this thread: http://meta.puzzling.stackexchange.com/questions/1601/puzzling-se-where-we-hate-fun-its-time-to-disallow-challenge-questions moderator Emrakul gives the impression that this subject is totally forbidden by SE management. Ou...

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Psychemaster
Dec 3, 2014 16:00
I feel like any challenge should be self-contained, neither requiring nor relying on any previous entries in a series
Victor
Dec 3, 2014 15:42
@Joe, @BmyGuest, @rand al'thor - People, the question titles in Area 51 must be descriptive. And this is hard to do since the example questions do not have bodies. Otherwise diamonds moderators will close them as "unclear what you're asking" or "Not a real question".
COTO
Dec 3, 2014 14:27
@skv If you (or another enterprising individual) gets SE to create another challenge site, I'll gladly try it out. I'm just a bit worried that SE are the ones behind the moderator decision to ban challenge questions, in which case the new subdomain will have the same issues.
skv
Dec 3, 2014 14:26
I run a web development company myself (as most here do I guess) and so running a site for a hobby seems a horrible waste of resources
COTO
Dec 3, 2014 14:19
@Geobits I get the impression the mods are under pressure from SE itself. "Shape up or you get shut down."
A E
Dec 3, 2014 12:28
something off-the-shelf that we can tweak = get started quicker
A E
Dec 3, 2014 12:12
puzzling.xyz is go.
Victor
Dec 3, 2014 12:07
@AeJey Try to access puzzling.xyz
BmyGuest
Dec 3, 2014 11:58
One thing I like about SO is that spamming isn't really a problem...
Victor
Dec 3, 2014 11:43
For me, whatever works for now. May change the domain later if really needed.