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12:19 AM
@Marvin this is (as I hope to prove) answerable
 
12:55 AM
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Q: Did Dumbledore decided that Harry should stay with the Dursley?

Angel PeñaflorWe know that Sirius Black is sent to Azkaban around the same time Harry is left at Privet Drive and by the dialog between Dumbledore and McGonagall we're led to believe that it was Dumbledore who decided that Harry should stay with the Dursley. Was it really Dumbledore's idea? I know Harry doesn'...

 
@ToddWilcox call him Voldemort. Refusing to say his name gives him power — jambrothers Jun 13 '18 at 19:29
99 upvotes.... I remember the days when that wasn't too uncommon
 
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2:36 AM
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Q: Who are 'Friend of Big Toad' and 'Lady Astronaut'?

Sunsetguy6776They are listed in The Force Awakens credits.

 
3:01 AM
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Q: Shareware fantasy RPG from around 1993

BuzzAround 1993 or 1994, I remember getting a copy (probably downloaded, but it's possible that it might have been on physical media) of a shareware fantasy CPRG. I don't remember that much about it. I only played the free version with one town and one dungeon; there was supposed to be a paid versi...

 
3:44 AM
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Q: Is there a John Diggle show in the works?

Mason WheelerDavid Ramsey sure has been making the rounds lately! In the last couple months he's dropped in for a cameo on every Arrowverse show except Supergirl, which has been on hiatus, either as John Diggle or (in the case of Legends of Tomorrow) a past figure who looks enough like Diggle to be mistaken ...

 
4:06 AM
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Q: Stoic philosophy book for advanced readers

ihavenonameI want to buy a present for a friend who loves stoic philosophy. The thing is that he's advanced and have studied a lot on the topic so I would like to avoid the "usual" and frequently bought books. Any suggestions?

 
 
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7:38 AM
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Q: Sci Fi book about Jewish people in space

D. MyersMain character was an inspector general but really an assassin sent to kill his family member who betrayed their people. Also it's about the Jews are mercenaries

 
 
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11:00 AM
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Q: Manga where a girl summons him to fight in a world he created in his head

ReignThere was a manga I read in middle school, but I forgot the name, and it didn’t have more than 3 books in the school. It’s about a guy who falls asleep and observes a world he created in his head, however one of the girls in this world summons him to fight in a battle, and then after which he wak...

 
 
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12:16 PM
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Q: Could Obi have killed Anakin on Mustafar?

TomstaI don't mean from a skill perspective I mean as a person could Obi have had the will to kill Anakin/Vader. I'm ignoring the fact that he couldn't due to the OT being a thing I personally would have thought that if pushed enough he would do, but after doing so he would leave the Jedi order (What r...

 
12:51 PM
Why do we have ? What does it add? Do we have any actual expertise in it?
 
Why do we have half of the tags we do?
, , etc.
 
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Q: Short story about a wealthy man bringing his new to his childhood home, from when he was poor, which is in the mountains/wilderness

Sean DugganI'm looking for a short story that I think I listened to as an audiobook, in a collection with other stories, in the early 2000s, checked out from a library in Ashland, KY. I was reminded of this when seeing the title to Looking for an O.Henry story where a young man from the country working in t...

 
1:06 PM
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Q: Why did Harry and Ron destroy the locket Horcrux like this?

EliasIn the film Harry, Ron, and Hermione try to destroy the locket (Horcrux) with their magic wand/spells and it didn't work, that's clear, BUT when Harry found the sword of Gryffindor, Harry and Ron opened the locket to destroy the Horcrux. To my question: Why did they have to open the locket to des...

 
1:18 PM
time for a purge?
 
Seems like it to me...
 
lets form an orderly queue ....
 
Not too slammed today; I could commit to half a dozen or more edits.
 
not too many at once though
 
I normally only do 2 or 3 at a time, in case I need to edit incoming posts that actually need it.
 
1:24 PM
good plan
 
The tags are relatively popular, I'd prefer if you went to meta if you wanted to nuke any
 
That seems fair.
 
oh they are?
that's a different kettle of badgers
 
Popular in terms of how much usage they've had
 
I thought there were under 20 , but that could be me being insufficiently caffeinated.
 
1:25 PM
82, 78, 37
 
Oh, oy.
I must have misread.
Nevermind.
 
And that's only 3 of this category of tags, there's probably a lot more
 
If I'm feeling that bored, there's always a new spelling of "millinium" to discover.
 
Plus then I get to fix other things, like stale links.
 
1:27 PM
Fun fact: when I was younger I couldn't say millennium
 
Interesting. Let me guess: "millemmium?"
 
I don't think so but I can't quite remember it now... may have been something like minellium
 
@TheLethalCarrot same here I think
 
Showing my age here (whether good or bad :P) but it came up a lot over 2000 (obvs) and because of the Millennium Dome
 
2:34 PM
@TheLethalCarrot same
and I think I or a sibling pronounced it the same
 
3:12 PM
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Q: Children's book about a child that falls into a puddle and travels through a dark, twisted realm

KerriIn the 1990s, when I was a child living in England (UK), I had an illustrated story book that my mother had bought me which was about a young child who falls into a puddle on a rainy day. When the child is inside the puddle, they are travelling through a 'twisted' reality where shadowy creatures ...

 
3:57 PM
posted on July 22, 2021 by tech

Click here to go see the bonus panel!Hovertext: This comic is only pessimistic if you are a human. Today's News:

 
4:23 PM
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Q: Some per-site-metas are orange - again?

bobbleTwo designed sites I checked have their per-site meta orange again: However, Literature's meta is not: Looks like a regression of Why did all sites turn orange? - as far as I can tell with spot-checks, only the metas of sites with custom designs with a *meta.stackexchange.com domain (Meta SO a...

 
I'm leaking again
 
Solution?
 
4:42 PM
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Q: Thriller novel where the main character escapes an underground complex explosion by running up the stairs really fast

Sean DugganI don't remember exactly when I read this, I think at least ten years ago, almost certainly more than five years ago. I don't remember what was being investigated in the story, but the protagonist is in a town that has a deserted military complex dating back to the Cold War just outside of town w...

 
4:53 PM
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Q: Why was August Heart speaking in Indian Language?

codeczarIn the season 7 finale (s7e18) of The Flash, it is shown that Godspeed aka August Heart was sometimes speaking in an Indian language (either Hindi or Punjabi). Why did he speak in that language?

 
@TheLethalCarrot Duck tape. That's the answer.
 
 
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7:15 PM
@TheLethalCarrot - I can say "millennium" but I can't say "Newfoundland". It offends my Canadian mother-in-law, LOL!
 
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Q: Book about a boy who doesn't have magic and anyone who doesn't have magic is banished

MakotoI'm finding a book about a kid who doesn't have magic but most people do and the people who don't have magic are banished to a place outside of the city. The boy tries his best to pretend his magic by using gadgets at school but one day he joins a "soccer like sport" that's played using magic but...

 
7:35 PM
@Slytherincess I can say it now at least! :)
 
@Slytherincess QI did a funny bit about that
 
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Q: Why are there other Gaulish villages in the Asterix comics?

DAVI BORGESThe Gauls are constantly attacked by Romans. The explanation for why they resist is because they have a magic potion, but there are other Gauls: how do they resist? Asterix protects them in the book but Asterix and Obelix not are there in other books. For example, the Belgians are said to be very...

 
8:41 PM
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Q: Sci-fi novel involving an animal that could be ridden like a horse and used to travel through time

FlorianOtelI'm looking for a sci-fi novel I read as a teenager. The novel starts with the main character, who was a soldier, travelling on a ship that was transporting a secret cargo that was to be turned into a weapon -- an animal that was able to jump back and forth in time, especially when threatened / ...

 
9:02 PM
Dec 4 '18 at 15:53, by Mithrandir
I think all of these can safely be killed? , , , , , , , , , , , ,
 
I thought those had all been done already?
 
 
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Q: Who took over the planet Caladan after House Atreidies left for Dune

skyjackDoes Frank Herbert ever state who took over governorship of the planet Caladan after House Atreidies departed for Arrakis? It seems to be implied that they gave Caladan up rather than governing both it and Arrakis. In contrast the Harkonnens govern Geidi Prime their homeward and also governed Arr...

 
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Q: Rey knows how to swim. How?

Sunsetguy6776We see her doing that in The Last Jedi. The mirror cave scene. But she's been in Jakku since she was 6. I can't find an answer (besides the ones provided by speculation, of course)

 

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