Questions tagged [recreation]
The Recreation category includes proposals in subjects like sports, games, and hobbies.
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How is Puzzling different from Math?
Proposal: Puzzling
I see that most of the proposed questions ask for proofs and algorithms. That sort of questions would be welcome in Math. In fact it's faq mentions "solving mathematical questions"....
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Could embeded youtube/video be allowed?
For some purposes embeding some animes on an anime discussion zone makes sense.
For example I would like to know what is the original name of the Italian doubled:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=...
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Anime: Are questions about VOCALOID allowed?
Proposal: Anime & Manga
Background Info
VOCALOID (ボクロイド) is an English and Japanese (and recently Spanish, Chinese and Korean) voice synthesizer. The anime-inspired characters come with a 'voice'...
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Anime: Will this site allow reccommendation questions?
Proposal: Anime & Manga
On the new Anime and Manga StackExchange Proposal, would the site be open to recommendations and similar? A few example questions:
Q1: What is the best anime series you ...
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Expand the scope to include visual novels, and light novels?
Proposal: Anime & Manga
This is a proposal for scope expansion.
Visual novels and light novels can be very closely related to anime and manga. Should the proposal be changed to include the ...
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Promoting this proposal to other communities
Proposal: Puzzling
We could promote this proposal by sharing it with the community at http://twistypuzzles.com/forum/ they'd likely be interested
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Are questions going to be limited to Japanese animation and manga?
Proposal: Anime & Manga
I realize a lot of Japanese animated shows have a lot of Korean or Chinese studios working under the main animation production studio, but the focus is still going to be ...
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Should we require the use of a "Spoiler Tag"? [closed]
Proposal: Anime & Manga
Most of us will not want a particular story "spoiled" for us, but what can we do about it?
A question like "Why did Itachi do to Sasuke what he did?" would be an ...
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Would any existing site be adequate for questions about orienteering?
Would any existing site be adequate for questions about orienteering?
I've thought about Travel site, since it is mostly similar to tourism, but this is mainly oriented on tourist activities where ...
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Duplicate of sport
Proposal: Extreme sport
This is a duplicate of sports : https://sports.stackexchange.com/
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Is cue sports a duplicate of sports?
Proposal: Cue Sports
It seems we already have a sports proposal in beta, would cue sports not be a direct subset?
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Warn user when a proposal has been deleted for inactivity
It's just come to my attention that one my proposals (Paper Craft) has been missing from my profile and my example questions have disappeared. I had no idea if it had been merged or deleted.
The only ...
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Can I ask questions related to Chess AI and algorithms?
Proposal: Chess
Since this is a question about Chess professionals and enthusiasts, I was wondering if this would be the right place to ask questions related to AI implementations for Chess games.
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Why is the Magic: The Gathering proposal shutting down?
Proposal: Magic: The Gathering
We are going to close the Magic: The Gathering proposal here on Area 51.
There are a number of reasons for this. I'll do my best to enumerate them:
Currently, Board ...
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I made a proposal and it disappeared
I made the proposal "Mushroom hunting", it disappeared and I can't trace what happened. Was it closed due to some reason? Was it deleted? Why I can't find out what happened to my proposal?
Thanks for ...
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Shouldn't we try to promote this on other Anime sites? Is it allowed?
Proposal: Anime & Manga
I think the proposal for the Anime & Manga stack exchange site is not being spread very well. Which makes me want to ask if its allowed to try spreading it on other ...
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Why we need to have a separate site for Chess
Proposal: Chess
We should look at, "what is the right and sensible thing to do" instead of "will this survive separately".
Chess is radically different from other board game, definitely different ...
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Merge fitness & nutrition and sports
Proposal: Sports and Fitness & Nutrition
Should this be merged? I think these have a lot in common and both sites would benefit in being bigger and having more users. Tags can be used to follow ...
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I disagree with the decission to make Scuba Diving part of sports
Please tell me how the topic of Scuba Diving fits the definition of sport from dictionary.com is:
an athletic activity requiring skill or physical prowess and often of a competitive nature, as racing,...
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Where does Running Proposal belong: Sports or Fitness&Nutrition?
Proposal: Sports
When I got the merge announcement today, and I read these points:
We believe this proposal, as stated, is a subset of another proposal per the following guidelines:
Almost ...
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Sports Uncommit
Proposal: Sports
I encourage everyone who was lumped into "sports" to uncommit if you do not believe that such a broad focus will create meaningful discussions about the particular activity you had ...
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Why has the Fishing Line proposal been closed after being open for a mere 4 hours?
Note: There really is a question in this, but I feel a little background is needed to highlight the question in context. Also, this is not intended as a rant or a complaint, nor to pick fault with ...
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Anime: Are questions about plot/story theories allowed?
Normally on StackExchange sites, discussions are not permitted. However, for the Anime & Manga forum, would it be permitted to ask a question such as "In Naruto, given the direction Sasuke is ...
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What kind of cosplay questions would be allowed?
Proposal: Anime & Manga
The description for the proposed Anime & Manga SE states "Proposed Q&A site for anime fans, otakus, cosplayers, doujin producers, etc."
Right now, the only sample ...
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PGN/FEN editor/viewer
Proposal: Chess
Is there any scope for implementing a PGN/FEN editor/viewer? Something along the lines of http://www.chess.com/analysis-board-editor.html would really enhance the ability to discuss ...
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Where can we get more involved commitments?
Proposal: Sports
I honestly don't understand how we don't have more commitments already :)
I am so excited about this that I check the commitment levels almost everyday even as they stay completely ...
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Poker Proposal - Bad Beat Story Posts
Proposal: Poker
Have you discussed how "bad beat stories" would be handled? Would they be allowed with a unique and/or exclusive tag? Would they be shunned altogether?
I've just seen many poker ...
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Would "Sports" cover Sports Trivia?
Proposal: Sports
Seems like the site would be dominated by this. Are trivia questions appropriate?
Examples:
Who was the all time home run leader in 1950?
How many times was Joe Montana sacked?
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Create tags for extreme climate zones: tropics, arctic [closed]
Proposal: The Great Outdoors
Outdoor activities (like sleeping outside) have their specifics in tropics - there they can be much more different from activities in temperate zone. Same applies to ...
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Would The Great Outdoors accept general travel questions?
Proposal: The Great Outdoors
The proposal seems to be limited to outdoorsmanship in the sense of camping or backpacking. Could it include questions about general travel, including holidays and work ...
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Anime: Are questions about anime music allowed? [closed]
Proposal: Anime & Manga
Shall we accept questions about anime music, artists, and live shows? For example, questions to identify the artist of a song, or identify an artist based on a photo?
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Are "Where can I find ____?" allowed?
Proposal: Anime & Manga
You know it';s going to be asked, so I had to put up a discussion.
Example Questions:
Where can I watch Baka to Test to Shokanjuu online free?
Where can I ...
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Virtual subsite for go [closed]
Proposal: Game of Go
We already had several discussions on merging game-of-go and similar proposals into boardgames.SE.
Those who opposed the merger mainly argued that a go player sees himself as a ...
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Will simple Poker stats questions be de facto off topic as they can be answered with a link to reference?
Proposal: Poker
Questions about e.g. the odds of a wired pair making a set in a one deck game of Hold 'em, can be resolved by looking up an odds/outs table.
Will all questions of this nature be ...
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What did Jeff told about Lego proposal?
Proposal: LEGO
I've read on StackExchange blog that latest podcast spoke about our proposal :
Jeff brings up some other sites on Area 51, including LEGO and Firearms. The validity of a Healthcare ...
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How specific should poker questions be without being "too localized"?
Proposal: Poker
Poker questions can be very specific, so I was wondering whether or not it is appropriate to allow arbitrarily detailed questions or would they be considered "too localized." For ...
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It's going to come up eventually, so can we all agree....Lego bricks *not* Legos?
Proposal: LEGO
I know this issue can raise hackles, but one of the canonical answers this SE site will have to provide is the correct, unabridged and definitive answer to the Lego/Legos question.
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Can the Board and Card Games SE Site handle 557 new tags?
Proposal: Magic: The Gathering
Draw3Cards currently has 557 tags about Magic mechanics, sets, etc. Could this be integrated into the Board & Card Games SE sites, or is this enough to warrant a ...
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Fits under Sports [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Merge Sports Proposals
Proposal: Football
This would probably be merged in as part of the Sports site proposal as it is too localized.
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Anime: are questions on the entities behind productions on-topic?
Proposal: Anime & Manga
Are questions on the entities behind anime productions on-topic?
Anime studios
Voice actors
Authors
Animators and graphical artists
Directors
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Anime: should we allow the use of romanized Japanese titles?
Proposal: Anime & Manga
Every anime has a romanized Japanese title (romaji). Most popular anime also has an English title.
For example, this question can be written as
How many times did Louise ...
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Anime: are questions about subbing groups allowed?
Proposal: Anime & Manga
Shall we accept questions about anime subbing groups? In some cases their activity may be illegal. Here is one example question.
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Anime: are in universe or out of universe (or both) types of questions allowed?
Proposal: Anime & Manga
What "angle" should questions here have? Should they all be "in universe" questions which ask about specific anime? Are "out of universe" questions which don't ask about ...
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Is Retro Gaming a duplicate of Gaming? [closed]
Proposal: Retro Gaming
This would appear to be a duplicate.
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Would The Great Outdoors inlude sport shooting?
Proposal: The Great Outdoors
Would skeet and target shooting be included or would Firearms be more appropriate? I personally think it should be included as, like hunting, the focus could be more on ...
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How about a sports site?
I think that there should be a sports site, a place for sports lovers. Because it always seems to be a common base for a conversation.
People should be able to:
Know the current scores,
Learn and ...
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Would Sports cover "Back Yard Sports"
Proposal: Sports
Would/does the Sports proposal cover other sports such as Washers, horseshoes, sand volleyball, redneck golf, shuffle board, etc.? In other words, sports that either aren't ...
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Reviews on knives? [closed]
Proposal: Knives and Swords
I am thinking that we should also include a section for reviews on specific knives. I don't know how we'd do this but I think it would be a worthwhile feature. What do you ...
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Can we add mountaineering, rock climbing, snowboarding, mountain biking?
Proposal: The Great Outdoors
We should add mountaineering, rock climbing, snowboarding, mountain biking so that as many outdoor pursuits as possible fit into the site at least to get it going.
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Adventures in Odyssey [closed]
Proposal: Adventures in Odyssey
First, StackExchange is not for discussion, it's only for Question and Answer, an issue that can be fixed with a simple change of the description.
Second this ...
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