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I've seen this post on Movies and TV meta. We could have our own rules that we can define here.

I think it's a good idea and it could spice up the activity in our community. Is anyone interested?

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    Oddly enough, I was just thinking this exact thing the other day. I have to check with the other mods and see if we can offer a prize like they do on M&TV. Not sure if there are stickers and/or shirts yet for us as we don't have a logo.
    – Johnny Bones Mod
    Dec 19, 2016 at 18:06
  • @JohnnyBones, maybe to start, a symbolic prize could be enough (a unique badge, maybe?).
    – Bebs
    Dec 19, 2016 at 18:08
  • Yeah, I'll have to find out what we can do. We're sort of the "bastard stepchildren" over here, since we're not even out of Beta after however long we've been a stack. Maybe we can figure out a way to get the winner a bounty or something.
    – Johnny Bones Mod
    Dec 19, 2016 at 18:14
  • @JohnnyBones They don't offer a prize at all on M&TV. Neither would bounties work, since you can only award answers with bounties, not questions.
    – Major Tom
    Dec 28, 2016 at 13:04
  • @JohnnyBones, do you have an idea about what we could do?
    – Bebs
    Jan 25, 2017 at 8:27

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Yes!

Topic challenges are fun. They are already on many sites, like Puzzling, Worldbuilding and Movies and work well.

Additionally, I'd give a bonus to anyone participating, like a badge. (Eg. 5 upvotes for bronze, 15 for silver, 25 for gold. Same goes for question views):

You've earned the "Topic enthusiast badge (ask a Topic Challenge question with a score of 5 or more)"

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  • Meta-comment: Votes on Meta mean you agree/don't agree, not the quality of the post.
    – user2590
    Dec 21, 2016 at 8:06
  • You mean votes on answers?
    – Bebs
    Dec 21, 2016 at 8:09
  • @Bebs both answers and questions, but I'd maybe lift the answer vote count to get the badge a bit, since answers tend to get more upvotes.
    – user2590
    Dec 21, 2016 at 8:10
  • So here, I think it is a good question, I agree with the question (I upvoted), but I think the answer is "no".
    – Bebs
    Dec 21, 2016 at 8:13
  • @Bebs you did well :)
    – user2590
    Dec 21, 2016 at 12:35
  • While badges are an interesting idea, I doubt you'd get SE to actually implement any. If anything, Meta Stack Exchange might be a better place for such a proposal.
    – Major Tom
    Dec 28, 2016 at 13:08
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Oh, ye gods, yes....

Anything to stop the constant useless churn of

  • "What's this youtu.be link" or
  • "What's that tune that goes, be-dum boom dum, ch ch-chaaah"
  • "Be-doobie doo, [significant, yet barely coherent word or phrase]' oo be-dooo..'

...to which the only answers are usually "Soundhound/Shazam" or "we don't know or care"

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  • I don't want to say "I told you", but I just did anyway. ;-)
    – Major Tom
    Dec 28, 2016 at 13:10

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