Questions tagged [discussion]
The question you're asking is designed to solicit opinions or best-practices on a particular topic, with the goal of reaching community consensus.
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Announcing the December 2025–January 2026 topic challenge: Manuel Vázquez Montalbán
In accordance with our meta agreement to have topic challenges
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Best Questions & Answers from the 3rd Quarter of 2025
Here's the latest installment in the regular best-of-quarter collections, intended to gather some particularly good Literature Q&A in order to get some easily available links to showcase our site.
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Announcing the November–December 2025 topic challenge: Vikram Seth
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Announcing the October–November 2025 topic challenge: Tayeb Salih
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Announcing the September–October 2025 topic challenge: Unity Dow
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Best Questions & Answers from 2nd Quarter of 2025
Here's the latest installment in the regular best-of-quarter collections, intended to gather some particularly good Literature Q&A in order to get some easily available links to showcase our site.
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Announcing the August–September 2025 topic challenge: Mariama Bâ
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Are earliest use for words questions on topic?
If someone is trying to find an early, or ideally earliest, use of a word, is this the right site for it?
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When is the earliest recorded use of the Lancastrian dialect term "...
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What tasks are involved in rolling over topic challenges?
At the end of each month, one topic-challenge ends and a new one begins. What tasks need to be accomplished so that this rollover proceeds smoothly? A checklist of all the necessary actions might be ...
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Announcing the July–August 2025 topic challenge: Arun Kolatkar
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Burninate the khamoshi-shayari tag
Two questions were tagged khamoshi-shayari:
What is the meaning of the second line of this sher?
What is the meaning of this sher?
The guidance for the tag in the tag wiki says:
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Announcing the June–July 2025 topic challenge: Rohingya Literature
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Announcing the May–June 2025 topic challenge: Countee Cullen
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Best Questions & Answers from 1st Quarter of 2025
Here's the latest instalment in our quarterly best-post collections, the purpose of which is to gather some particularly good Literature Q&A in order to get some easily available links to showcase ...
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Should we answer questions about what page number something is on?
Recently someone asked the following question: "In The Fountainhead, on exactly what page does Keating take credit for Roark’s designs?" They did provide a specific ISBN number, which avoids ...
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