Unanswered Questions
19 questions with no upvoted or accepted answers
11
votes
0answers
115 views
Lit.1 and Lit.2 - a comparison
The earlier incarnation of Literature SE - "Lit.1", as I call it - came to an untimely end after 269 days of existence. As the current Literature SE is 269 days old today, I thought it was a good time ...
10
votes
0answers
76 views
What's our elevator pitch?
Throughout SE history (e.g. The Real Essential Questions of Every Beta), there's been a lot of talk about providing an "elevator pitch" for a site. What is the site about, what's its goal, how would ...
10
votes
0answers
68 views
Keeping tags clean from the start
I want to provide some basic reminders regarding tags. As many of you will know from the other SE sites you participate in, tags are not on the top of the pile functionality wise in the SE sites. ...
10
votes
1answer
64 views
How does one write a good question about influences?
One of the fun parts of analyzing creative works (at least, for me) is to trace the influences prior works and especially ideas have on later creators and creations.
How does one write a good ...
8
votes
0answers
49 views
Are questions about translations in general on-topic?
This was prompted by this question: Does a translation editor need to know the language of the source document?
Recently, a question was asked about the editing / translation process of a work in ...
8
votes
0answers
64 views
What sort of backup is needed for a good experience-based answer?
Among the many different kinds of evidence that might be used to support an answer on this site (passages from a story, quotes from an author, citations to published analyses, close reading, well-...
7
votes
0answers
74 views
Best Questions & Answers from 3rd Quarter of 2017
This post is a continuation of the grand old tradition of gathering collections of particularly good Literature Q&A, so that we have some easily available links to show off to people.
Now that ...
6
votes
0answers
48 views
2018: a year in moderation
It's New Year's Day in Stack Exchange land...
A distinguishing characteristic of these sites is how they are moderated:
We designed the Stack Exchange network engine to be mostly self-regulating, ...
5
votes
0answers
44 views
Can the name of Writers.SE be changed to Writing.SE in the Help Center?
The Help Center, specifically the page What topics can I ask about here?, currently says:
Questions about creating literature yourself—you may want to try the Writers Stack Exchange.
Writers....
5
votes
0answers
49 views
Can we become an exception to the 5-tag limit?
Stack Exchange doesn't allow a single question to have more than 5 tags.
Here on Literature, this can be a problem and mean we need to remove tags which 'should' really be on the question. For ...
5
votes
0answers
53 views
Replace the code block button with a multi-line quote button
The text editor on this site has a code block button. There are very few reasons for posting code on a site about literature--I suppose it might be warranted for answers to questions about the digital ...
5
votes
0answers
35 views
Would this be a story-ID question or a resource request?
I have an ID question about a particular short story I heard on the radio. I remember the whole plot of the story and a lot of verbatim quotes from it. I also think I remember the title of the story, ...
5
votes
1answer
129 views
What makes for a strong answer on this site, and conversely, when should an answer be downvoted?
I'd like to start by mentioning that I'm an active, high-rep user on several SE sites, including ELU, Philosophy, Writers and Parenting. I supported this site in its formation stage, and have been ...
4
votes
0answers
102 views
Why did these questions receive downvotes?
I have several questions related to song lyrics:
Why does "Nighttime Birds" associate night with warmth?
Are there two separate narrators in "On Most Surfaces" by The Gathering?
...
4
votes
0answers
30 views
Are questions on authors' personalities and/or recent activities on topic?
I was curious about two topics: why is Bill Watterson so reclusive and what's he been doing for the last 20 years since he stopped writing Calvin and Hobbes? Are those appropriate questions for this ...
