Meta-PokéBase Q&A
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Wouldn't it be better if you condense your answers in a single answer ._.
No, I’ve explained this in the post. they’re to be flagged and hidden once someone updates them, and harder to answer ones are to be upvoted to be kept on top of the thread. This is to keep things organized and clean, and draw new eyes to each individual post. It’s easier to maintain than having to constantly edit posts.

If I had an answer with 100+ links, it’s harder on the eyes. It’ll discourage people from wanting to read it. Imagine a new user doing this with really poor formatting; it’ll be just awful. And then, someone will have to hide every single comment saying “I answered this”, and edit the post. The person stating they commented it would have to be more specific about which post. The amount of edits will clog the activity feed, and the excessive comments will slow down the site. If they’re individual answers, PM can eventually delete the old hidden ones (alongside the comments) to keep things functional. Having them be hidden prevents flood in activity stream. And the organization of it will encourage people to look and answer.
Are we also allowed to mention questions/answers (mainly answers) with broken images or images that no longer exist so someone with Expert+ can remove them?
You should just flag those.
I changed the age requirement from one month to one week. I think that's long enough to where the typical thread will drop out of recent activity and need advertising here to be revisited.

26 Answers

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Title: What Pokemon have remained in OU since the generation they released?
Date: November 2016

Description: The answer is only up to Gen 6, and many Pokemon were added or changed tiers since then.

Priority: Low

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If a mon fell to UU but rose back to OU before the gen ended, should it be counted?  For example I think Gliscor fell to UU st some point,  but it ended every gen in OU.
According to the answer, Gliscor has always been OU, and the answerer only counted Pokemon that have never dropped from OU
I think Gliscor fell to UU in gen 6 or 7 for a month or two. It propably shouldn't count Gliscor if that's case.
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Title: Gardevoir or Gallade for XY online battles?
Date: April 21/23

Description: OP would like a more detailed answer on which is better.

Priority: low.

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Title: Does Aroma Veil work in Tera Raids?
Date: March 30

Description: Implied that answerer didn't test before answering.

Priority: low

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Didn't we get rid of all that guys questions?
No. We aren’t removing his old questions.
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Title: How much does Level 3 Title Power boost the odds of obtaining a Mark?
Date: Feb 9/23

Description: Op wants to know the exact odds

Priority: low

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Title: What exactly is Dodrio mode and how does it work?
Date: April 16/23

Description: i'd like a more comprehensive guide on how to access it, how it works, etc. so if i wanted to use it, id know what i'd need, how to set it up, yknow.

Priority: low

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Title: What is the typical "meta" for Pokemon teams?

Date: Aug 12, 2013
Description: The only answer is highly outdated and has a lot of straight-up incorrect statements (many of which were incorrect even when they were originally posted).
For example:
1. Most teams in generation 5 onwards DO NOT require dedicated leads.
2. The purpose of dedicated leads in modern gens is usually to do things like setup rocks and prevent the opponent from getting hazards of their own, or to setup a specific weather or screens. They generally do not carry Volt Switch or U-Turn either. Their main purpose is not to scout movesets.
3. Defensive cores aren't usually fire-water-grass cores(just look at modern day OU samples).
4. Revenge killers usually carry Choice Scarf(or are very fast), not just any choice item. They usually don't "counter" threats, they provide offensive checks to them. I think the original poster has mixed up counter and check.
5. Shadow Tag Chadelure is unreleased.
Priority: Low

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