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@LangLangC Oh woops, I didn't realize there's a rep requirement to view. Bummer. It sounded like there might be an answer among the moved comments... ah well :)

Hello, quick question: where did the chat go for history.stackexchange.com/questions/60969/…

@sempaiscuba ok thank you for clarifying. As an aside I never knew only OP and high rep users could see specific close reasons. Wouldn't it be helpful if new/low rep users could see the reason as well, to help them ask better questions?

What makes this question unsuitable for the site? history.stackexchange.com/questions/58987/…

@RobinSaunders Have you read much low fantasy? "magical plaster" is very useful in those stories. I think you and Falc are looking at it expecting too much precision.

@Falc As I said, it results in chaotic, unpredictable effects. Hence it is a soft magic system.

@Halfthawed Sadly numbers are not my strong point. I mean to imply that there is an equal chance for all the above listed outcomes to occur.

The question is not about schisms. It’s about overlaps with non-Christian faiths.

@Mark C. Wallace my bad, I thought you just meant Jesuits. If the Pope condemned them for syncretization (whether attempted or successful) then that's exactly what I'm looking for.

@Mark C. Wallace Since Jesuits are Christian then I don't know if that comparison would work. sorry for a poorly worded question, I'm unsure how to explain specifically the kind of syncretism I mean, beyond saying "non-Christian." Hence the examples (Mexican folk deity and Voodoo)

@LangLangC Early Christianity is way more scrambled than I realized. A more specific date has been added, and the problematic Gnostic example removed.

@Brian Z It seems the heresies that Pope condemned were schisms, like two branches growing from the same stem. My question is only about syncretism, which is more like branches of separate trees crossing paths.

@AllInOne Thanks, I neglected to check the publication date. It seems the Gnostic texts are from an earlier date. 100-300CE?

@1973 Thank you for the link, however the question involves both Christianity and other faiths, and asks for a historical event. I often see questions on this SE which are an overlap of different subjects, such as politics, so I assumed here was as good a fit as any.

@DavidW Ok that makes sense, thanks. :)

Sometimes I see titles that could be corrected but I don’t want to be a grammar snob.. Also sometimes on the internet I see ESL people being apologetic about their grammar even when it’s good, and it makes me worry that people were unnecessarily rude to them about it in the past. So I’m not sure if mere grammar corrections should be made or not.

Would an edit that does nothing but correct grammar be considered unnecessary? If the question is still clear regardless of wording, I mean.

Absolutely!

Yeah, time is definitely getting a bit blurry.

check that* ugh typing is hard.

No worries. I will still that tag a few times a month :)

I'm sorry >_< I have gotten some great book suggestions from them but only from one out of every dozen or so.

Some of*

@DavidW the story ID tag. Some one them sound really interesting but for the most part it's a lot of clutter imo..

@Jenayah thank you, much obliged!

Hi all, hope everyone is doing well and staying healthy. I have two quick questions.. Is there any way to add ignored tags in the same way we have watched tags? Second, can anyone confirm the day resets based on UTC/Greenwich time on this site? Thanks very much. o/

that is, assuming it's the same publisher.

@DavidW It might be that the publisher didn't want to pay for a new cover, since they already had licensing for the first one.

or "Which muggle time periods are represented" since there are several distinct ones.

^ If that question was changed to "what are the historical periods that influenced the HP universe" or something like that, would it be less opinion based?

Thank you. I’ll do that next time. Although hopefully there won’t be a “next time” o_O

Maybe my vision is shot but I do believe that's a dong.

Errr.. how do I go about reporting a profile picture? scifi.stackexchange.com/users/127443/cupid-blackhearts

@TheLethalCarrot Congratulations! \o/

@TheLethalCarrot It seems I’m confused about the genre tag.

@Alex yeah maybe it's too much of a "chicken or the egg" question.

@Mithical Funny, the thought of my professor's being appalled is exactly what inspired me to ask. Oh well, poo poo to them.

also, is there a definitive list of what fantasy qualifies as literature?

Would a question about His Dark Materials series go in SFF or Literature SE?

What formatting is used at the end of a quote, to denote the quote’s source?

What does "Few unique characters in answer" mean in the SmokeDetector notice? Someone spammed a single letter?

gotcha, thank you. "dupe hammer" has a nice ring to it!

If someone flags a question as a dupe, does it auto-generate their comment "Does this answer your question? [link to dupe]"

@Slartibartfast Should I have just asked this in chat? ^^; It's a simple question so I wasn't sure...