Puzzles submitted to the site

Question

Proposal: Puzzling

Will actual puzzles be allowed to post on site such as ciphers and the like?

Answer 1

note: this is not an official policy or anything of the sort; this is just my opinion

It depends.

• If your puzzle is a programming puzzle or challenge, post it on Programming Puzzles and Code Golf Stack Exchange.
• If the puzzle could have multiple answers or the puzzle is subjective or opinion-based, do not post it here. This includes riddles, etc. The user shouldn't have to come back and say: "Hmm, that works, but it's not the right answer. That other one is right!"
• If the puzzle is generic or can be trivially modified, do not post it. For example, "Solve this hangman puzzle: P _ Z Z _ E" is bad because it's unlikely to help future visitors and it's way too narrow, but "What's a good strategy for guessing vowels in specific words in hangman?" (for example) is good.
• If the puzzle is reasonably unique and could help others in the future, post it here! For example, "How could I move three coins in this triangle to make it point the other direction?" (I just picked an example of a fairly well-known puzzle for this, but there are probably much better examples out there)