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Oct 2, 2023 19:39
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Q: Screenshot of the Week #100: Celebration edition!

WipqoznHello and welcome to the 100th edition of the Screenshot of the Week! Wait, 100th?!!? Wow! That's right, this is the 100th time we've done Screenshot of the Week. Suggested by Joachim, and inspired by a similar event over on Photo.SE, the mod team never imagined that the SOTW would go on to be th...

Sep 27, 2023 13:41
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Q: It's ok to put a video of a bug in the question about it?

Diego BorbaA few days ago I asked the question Screen flashing during the day in Watch Dogs, and perhaps I already found the problem, I was thinking about how other users with the same problem will know that it is the problem? I mean, It's hard to understand exactly what it is just with the description, mos...

Sep 25, 2023 21:29
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Q: Should Arqade opt-in to the 1 reputation voting experiment?

WipqoznStack Exchange is currently looking for volunteers for their 1 reputation voting test. The Arqade mod team has decided that we’re fine with opting into this experiment, but we believe it’s a decision that should be made with input from the entire Arqade community. What’s 1 reputation voting? The ...

Sep 25, 2023 01:00
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Q: Minecraft Wiki Migration - Link changes

aytimothyThe Minecraft wiki's management has moved from Fandom (https://minecraft.gamepedia.com) to an independent wiki (https://minecraft.wiki) Is it possible, to change all the links from: https://minecraft.gamepedia.com/<page> https://minecraft.gamepedia.com/wiki/<page> https://minecraft.fandom.com/\<...

Sep 16, 2023 04:19
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Q: Please rename all [oculus-quest-%] tags to [meta-quest-%]? The name Oculus has disappeared, right?

SybilPlease rename all oculus-quest-# tags to meta-quest-#? The name Oculus has disappeared, right? It should be clear to users that Meta (formerly Facebook) is behind this platform. Some will decide against a product from Meta/Zuckerberg for moral and ethical reasons.

Aug 18, 2023 10:16
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Q: Edit tag wiki has a hidden pending edits queue limit?

MeanGreenIn the past couple of minutes I proposed a couple of tag wiki edits. After the third or so edit, the edit page no longer shows the usage guidance and tag wiki as editable fields. Instead the placeholder text is shown as a simple paragraph. Is there a hidden limit to the number of proposed edits t...

Aug 11, 2023 13:59
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Q: Are Steam media (avatars, profile backgrounds, banners, etc.) made in celebration of an event valid artifacts for game identification?

galacticninjaI've recently posted a question: Which visual novels are represented by the animated avatars in the 2023 Steam Visual Novel Fest? Timmy Jim ♦ has commented that: I don't know if these .gifs qualify as a valid artifact. Tag guidance: Only ask if you have a screenshot, video, or audio clip from th...

Jul 28, 2023 00:38
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Q: Petition to slightly alter how we handle early Pokémon game tags (Gen 1 and Gen 2)

RobotnikAs established in Pokemon tag problems (Gotta Tag 'Em All), we handle Pokémon main series game tags in the following manner: Generation Tag: pokemon-xxxxxth-generation - for questions about the Xth generation of games, that aren't specific about any individual game. Synonyms: pokemon-xth-generat...

Jul 26, 2023 20:02
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Q: What to do if a user keeps posting low-quality answers to questions?

User 23415This user has 1 reputation on multiple sites, and all of his questions have a negative score. His activity on this site consists of two answers, and while they answer the question, they are needlessly long and are written as poetry, not direct answers. One of these answers is on one of my questio...

Jul 25, 2023 04:51
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Q: Users asking (and self-answering) a lot of questions

BenI've been going through the feed a bit recently, and I've noticed that one particular user has been asking a lot of questions, and most of the time answering them. These questions often get asked in bulk, within 5-30 minutes of each other, up to 5 at a time. The questions are not bad, but general...

Jul 25, 2023 01:03
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Q: Screenshot of the Week #96

Timmy JimHello and welcome to the 96th edition of the Screenshot of the Week! To start with, congratulations to the winner of the previous contest! SaintWacko's picture from sea-of-thieves won with 9 upvotes! To submit a screenshot, simply post it as an answer to this question, but please take note of t...

Jul 11, 2023 12:16
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Q: Screenshot of the Week #95 - Shiny things!

pinckermanHello and welcome to the 95th edition of the Screenshot of the Week! To start with, congratulations to the winner of the previous contest! Batophobia's picture from zelda-tears-of-the-kingdom won with 9 upvotes! To submit a screenshot, simply post it as an answer to this question, but please ta...

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Jul 7, 2023 18:51
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Q: The Gfycat animated image hosting platform is shutting down

WondercricketPiggybacking off Scifi StackExchange The Gfycat service for gifs is being shutdown. The Gfycat service is being discontinued. Please save or delete your Gfycat content by visiting https://www.gfycat.com and logging in to your account. After September 1, 2023, all Gfycat content and data will be ...

Jul 3, 2023 09:43
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Q: Would this question about Binding of Isaac inner working be good for the site?

ᏒedactedI just wanted to get some insight on this question I was thinking about as I fear it may be too hard to answer. Yet we know similar mechanics for games like Pokemon so it is not technically impossible for someone to have digged in the game code that far. Does The Binding of Isaac cheat agains/fo...

Jun 30, 2023 19:13
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Q: Possiblity to make an edit suggestion in spite of high rep?

user1337Below 2000 rep, an edit to a post would go through screening, but having the privilege of having ones edits applied instantly loses the benefits of drawing attention to one's suggestions and makes it much more tedious to get a second opinion. This has led me personally to changing my mind about m...

Jun 25, 2023 03:43
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Q: Fix broken links to Dwarf Fortress wiki

ppperyThere are 112 posts with a broken link to df.magmawiki.com. This can be fixed by replacing the url with dwarffortresswiki.org and keeping the path unchanged. Per master meta, this may be a candidate for the staff mass editing tool. If not, well, community edits welcome.

Jun 18, 2023 11:24
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Q: How to tag Xbox account related questions?

pinckermanDo we have a tag for Xbox account-related question? Today this question was asked, and OP wants to send Xbox friend requests after connecting their Xbox account to another service. The question was tagged with xbox-360 and xbox-one, but it doesn't feel right to me, because it's not related to a s...

Jun 17, 2023 15:33
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Q: Is it ok to ask "what is the best ___" question?

DialFrostIs it alright to ask this kind of question? E.g. what is the best sword in hypixel skyblock minecraft? Or no because it can be subjected to different opinions?

Jun 17, 2023 03:40
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Q: The taxonomist badge hasn’t been awarded since 2021

ahsteeleI created The Legend of Zelda Tears of the Kingdom tag. Recently that tag crossed the 50 question mark so I would have expected to be rewarded another taxonomist badge but was not. After doing some quick investigation it looks like the badge has not been rewarded on the site since December 2021. ...

Jun 14, 2023 03:45
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Q: Solidarity: what does it mean to us?

JonathanDavidArndtI am posting this here instead of the main meta site, because I believe it will receive less traffic, and maybe provide some intelligent practical answers. I've spent more time in this community than any of the others, and I know this crowd really knows how to communicate in the nuts and bolts of "...

Jun 13, 2023 07:47
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Q: Screenshot of the Week #93

pinckermanHello and welcome to the 93rd edition of the Screenshot of the Week! To start with, congratulations to the winner of the previous contest! A Striking Joachim's picture from harts-island won with 13 upvotes! To submit a screenshot, simply post it as an answer to this question, but please take no...

Jun 5, 2023 19:36
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Q: Community Moderator Strike

Timmy JimEffective June 5th 2023, Arqade Moderators are on strike. An open letter from the community moderators can be found here, and should you wish to express your stance as well, you can sign the letter (you will be prompted to authenticate through Stack Exchange). The letter details the strike and t...

Jun 4, 2023 20:21
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Q: Edits were rejected

YetAnotherRandomUserOn this post, my edit was rejected for reasons that are not clear to me, because they don't match reality. I added a couple sentences in the same vein as what the OP was talking about to make things less ambiguous, and explained that in the reason for the edit. I was able to find 2 relevant disc...

May 29, 2023 21:48
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Q: Screenshot of the Week #92

JoachimHello and welcome to the 92nd edition of the Screenshot of the Week! To start with, congratulations to the winner of the previous contest! Quijibo's picture from tetr.io won with 16 upvotes! Let's see if this aspect ratio behaves properly in the widget on the main page :) To submit a screenshot...

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May 16, 2023 09:22
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Q: Screenshot of the Week #91 - Achievements!

JoachimHello and welcome to the 91st Screenshot of the Week! To start with, congratulations to the winner of the previous contest! Roddy of the Frozen Peas' screenshot of scenery from satisfactory won with 12 upvotes! To submit a screenshot, simply post it as an answer to this question, but please tak...

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May 2, 2023 08:56
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Q: Screenshot of the Week #90

pinckermanHello and welcome to the 90th edition of the Screenshot of the Week! To start with, congratulations to the winner of the previous contest! Roddy of the Frozen Peas's picture from papo-and-yo with 11 upvotes! To submit a screenshot, simply post it as an answer to this question, but please take n...

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May 2, 2023 07:14
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Q: Imgur TOS change on May 15, 2023 may result in the loss of many media files in Arqade

galacticninjaImgur announced new Terms of Service that will go into effect on May 15, 2023, with one of the changes being: removing old, unused, and inactive content that is not tied to a user account Related Meta SE post about this: Imgur TOS change on May 15th 2023 could cause the loss of thousands of Sta...

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Apr 17, 2023 19:42
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Q: Screenshot of the Week #89

Timmy JimHello and welcome to the 89th edition of the Screenshot of the Week! To start with, congratulations to the winner of the previous contest! Memor-X's picture from final-fantasy-xiv with 11 upvotes! To submit a screenshot, simply post it as an answer to this question, but please take note of the ...

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Apr 4, 2023 06:35
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Q: Tag merge & synonym request: Diablo tags

galacticninjaAs per community consensus in the meta post "https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/q/12181/4797", we should use the official spelling of the game title in the tags whenever possible, instead of replacing Roman numerals with Arabic numerals. In line with the meta post, I request that the following...

Apr 3, 2023 19:20
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Q: Screenshot of the Week #88: Easter (Eggs)

JoachimHello and welcome to the 88th edition of the Screenshot of the Week! To start with, congratulations to the winner of the previous contest! GammaGames' moody picture from hogwarts-legacy of dancing apparitions won with 10 upvotes! To submit a screenshot, simply post it as an answer to this quest...

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Mar 25, 2023 21:43
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Q: Use full titles for Telltale's [the-walking-dead]

StevoisiakI propose renaming the tags for Telltale's The Walking Dead series to use the full titles. the-walking-dead -> the-walking-dead-season-one the-walking-dead-2 -> the-walking-dead-season-two the-walking-dead-3 -> the-walking-dead-a-new-frontier

Mar 25, 2023 20:52
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Q: Rename [forza] to [forza-motorsport]

StevoisiakI propose renaming the tags for the Forza Motorsport games from forza to forza-motorsport. This would help prevent confusion with forza-horizon. forza-3 -> forza-motorsport-3 forza-4 -> forza-motorsport-4 forza-5 -> forza-motorsport-5 forza-6 -> forza-motorsport-6

Mar 25, 2023 20:52
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Q: Rename [ultimate-mvc3] to [ultimate-marvel-vs-capcom-3]

StevoisiakI propose renaming the tag for Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3 from ultimate-mvc3 to ultimate-marvel-vs-capcom-3.

Mar 24, 2023 18:10
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Q: Rename [poochy-yoshi-wooly-world] to [poochy-and-yoshis-wooly-world]

StevoisiakI propose renaming the tag for Poochy & Yoshi's Woolly World from poochy-yoshi-wooly-world to poochy-and-yoshis-wooly-world.

Mar 24, 2023 17:18
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Q: Rename [lego-star-wars-3] to [lego-star-wars-3-the-clone-wars]

StevoisiakI'd like to propose renaming the tag for Lego Star Wars III: The Clone Wars from lego-star-wars-3 to lego-star-wars-3-the-clone-wars.

Mar 24, 2023 16:53
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Q: Rename [metroid-prime-3] → [metroid-prime-3-corruption]

StevoisiakI'd like to propose renaming the tag for Metroid Prime 3: Corruption from metroid-prime-3 to metroid-prime-3-corruption.

Mar 24, 2023 16:27
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Q: Rename [world-in-conflict-sa] to [world-in-conflict-soviet-assault] or [world-in-conflict]

StevoisiakI'd like to propose renaming the tag for World in Conflict: Soviet Assault (an expansion pack for World in Conflict) from world-in-conflict-sa to world-in-conflict-soviet-assault. Alternatively, since there are only 3 questions and 2 of them mention the base game, it could be worth renaming to wo...

Mar 24, 2023 15:09
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Q: Rename [dungeons-dragons-online] → [dungeons-and-dragons-online]

StevoisiakI'd like to propose renaming the tag for Dungeons & Dragons Online from dungeons-dragons-online to dungeons-and-dragons-online. Presumably the tag was created back when tags were limited to 25 characters.

Mar 22, 2023 19:40
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Q: Should there be a separate tag for questions on the Tiny Tina Attack on Dragon Keep standalone?

fyrepenguinThere are a few tag synonyms for DLC4 of Borderlands 2, Tiny Tina’s Assault on Dragon Keep. However, in 2021 Gearbox released a “standalone” version of the DLC, which includes changes to the leveling system, some map tweaks, and a couple other differences. While they are very similar, there are k...

Mar 21, 2023 13:33
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Q: Screenshot of the Week #87

Timmy JimHello and welcome to the 87th edition of the Screenshot of the Week! To start with, congratulations to the winner of the previous contest! SaintWacko's picture from deep-rock-galactic won with 10 upvotes! To submit a screenshot, simply post it as an answer to this question, but please take note...

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Mar 16, 2023 00:07
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Q: Is it acceptable to re-ask an unanswered question I posted on another site?

StevoisiakAround a month ago I posted a question on a different site (GameFaqs). Since then the question has gone unanswered. Would it be acceptable for me to re-ask the question on Arqade?

Mar 2, 2023 16:47
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Q: What Minecraft tag do I give to a post when editing if I do not know which edition it is?

LalalaSo I was editing someone else's question (this one) to try and un-close it, and I removed its only tag as it was not relevant. It would not let me post it without a tag, so I thought of adding a Minecraft tag. The thing is, the user did not specify the minecraft edition, so I just went with Minec...

Mar 1, 2023 11:08
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Q: Should we add a tag warning to [minecraft-commands]?

galacticninjaI often see minecraft-commands-tagged questions where the OP doesn't specify which Minecraft edition they are playing. These questions almost always end up being closed as "needs details or clarity." To prevent this, we could add a tag warning to the minecraft-commands tag, reminding the OP to sp...