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@NapoleonWilson - Please ask on my behalf. In the meantime I shall resume lurking.

@randal'thor - I am happy to be led by @NapoleonWilson or any other mods/CMs who happen to be in the vicinity. My understanding is that my chat ban applies to my @richard account on SFF and specifically to Mos Eisley rather than any other accounts that I operate.

@steelerfan - Boo!

@steelerfan - How did the Steelers do?

@randal'thor - I am banned from Mos Eisley for the next 87 days.

Given that you have at least one active member/chatter who's had their account destroyed on SFF:SE

@NapoleonWilson - I presume I'm welcome to chat here under my alter ego.

chat.stackexchange.com/users/166451#

"Hello. I'm Buffybot. I'm a chatbot operated by @Richard on SFF:SE. If I'm acting weird, it's his fault. Go yell at him."

Perhaps schedule a chat event to encourage people to thrash it out.

@NapoleonWilson - Hence the need for a powerful meta question that can be referred to

@randal'thor - Still deciding.

@randal'thor - Glad you approve

For the record, I'm largely on your side. Bad/unanswerable ID questions should be closed. But they should be closed by you, not reliant on downvotes from the community

@NapoleonWilson - There's no "so", I'm just pointing stuff out.

"Indian language Bollywood film made in the 1990s, starred Adoor Bhasi About a man who has issues with his wife" = meets 6 out of 7 criteria just from the title but is totally unanswerable.

@NapoleonWilson "Story about a world where humans are living in some sort of virtual reality environment. Had Keanu Reeves in it" = 2 out of 7 criteria but instantly recognisable.

and two more

5) Likely Country of origin

4) Any stars or cast they can recall

3) Likely year of production (or at least decade)

2) Whether it's a Movie/Documentary/TV serial, etc

1) Genre

@Ϻ.Λ.Ʀ. - I like this idea. "VTC as this post doesn't meet at least 3 of the 7 accepted criteria for an ID question"

@NapoleonWilson - A poorly worded close is liable to lead to bad feelings.

e.g. Which they clearly aren't. QED

As a minimum you need to define "answerable" much more closely. I've seen questions that are answered being described as unanswerable.

Whereas force-closing it, with a link to the standards in the comments is much more pleasant for new users

Downvotes are a very unpleasant way for people to work out that they're doing wrong.

That would obviously require a meta.

Perhaps rather than relying on downvotes, you could (as mod), ask the community to define a set of minimum standards for Ident questions, then simply close anything that fails to meet those standards.

4) I don't intend to arrange any further 'movie nights'. If others wish to do so, I will be happy to lurk and watch along, but obviously if I'm not in a position to contribute, then it's worthless being the one who sorts them out.

@Walt - Adsum hic maneo

3) On my return, my sole course of action in protest is to simply withdraw my labour until my ban is complete. I intend to post answers but not edit, flag or follow the review queues. While I appreciate that this might seem a small (and largely futile) gesture, it's notable that I am the site's single largest editor by a factor of nearly 3

2) On my return, I am evidently deeply unwelcome in the chatroom so Buffybot will remain purely a creature of Movies:SE

1) There is literally no point in protesting my suspension. It was largely prompted by my (to my mind perfectly valid) decision to flag Shog's posting telling everyone to "STFU" and is basically their way of spiting me. Protesting about a CM is pointless, hence I shan't bother.

@CapyStenchbeast - I have considered my position and I have decided on an appropriate course of action.

Just a quick drop-in to let you all know that I have now received a second email from the SFF moderator team to advise that my suspension will be extended a further 90 days beyond the 7 days that were already imposed. I will now resume lurking. No further messages will be responded to, at least in the near future while I consider my next actions.

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