Questions tagged [off-topic]
This tag is for questions regarding off topic questions (in other words: questions for which a community-specific close reason applies), including whether a question is on topic and what to do with off topic questions. DO NOT use this tag to post questions you know to be off-topic for the site.
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Allow bold/italic formatting in first question notice translations on international sites (English sites do make use of it)
When the user of any SE site is ready to post their first question they will see the notice, e.g. on ruSO now:
Source English text for the top paragraph in this popup is the following in traducir:
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Can I discuss topics related to a site's subject, but not suitable for a question, somewhere on Stack Exchange?
I have been using Math Stack Exchange for a while now and my experience has been pretty great. But I have faced a limitation.
On this site as we know we are only allowed to ask relevant questions and/ ...
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What is the expected way for a NEW user to identify the correct SE for a question?
Are the different SE sites intended to operate as a whole? Or is there no expectation that any one site should care about getting questions answered unless they are on topic for that site?
Use case: ...
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How can I find on which sites my question will be on-topic? [duplicate]
I'm going to ask a question about a web application, in detail how to arrange the objects on the page so the application is well usable on most devices and appears nice and practical to end users.
I ...
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Add direct link to on-topic page of help center for closed as off-topic questions
Currently the closed as off-topic questions have a banner like this:
This banner contains two links:
off-topic: https://meta.stackexchange.com/help/closed-questions
help center: https://meta....
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Where can I ask a question about VPN design?
I have the following question about VPN design:
Are there VPNs implemented to use several connections instead of just one?
Some sites I have already tried:
Stack Overflow: closed as off-topic
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How can I get the purpose of a specific Stack Exchange site so as ensure that I am posting to the appropriate site?
I posted a question to an SE site that I thought was perfectly appropriate. It got a few answers and comments and then was migrated to another site. Reason:"Off topic".
At the migrated site, ...
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Where can I find what kind of questions are accepted on specific Stack Exchange sites?
As an example, on Seasoned Advice, questions about food-related health issues are not encouraged, but questions about utensils are accepted. I got to know this from comments on other posts.
I know ...
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Add an "Off-topic" option to the top level of Close popup [duplicate]
Every time when I have to close a (blatantly) off-topic question I spend time finding this option inside Close question popup. Currently it's "A community-specific reason" and then (on the ...
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Add on-topic notice to the top part (logo row) for 1 rep users
Whenever I see the blatantly off-topic questions on the site, I'm curious why the asker did this. This is probably due to a hidden from the asker's eyes on-topic notice.
What if we make the on-topic ...
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Why are we deleting off-topic closed questions at all?
What is the benefit of deleting off-topic closed questions at all? What is wrong with the idea that they couldn't stay in closed state forever?
Closed question are searchable by the entire community (...
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Deleting closed off-topic questions and the post ban
tl;dr We're very quick (at some sites) in deleting closed off-topic questions. By doing so we're closing doors for people with "We are no longer accepting questions/answers from this account"...
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Is asking whether a particular question fits within the scope of a certain community within the scope of its corresponding meta site?
If I have a question in mind, but I'm unsure whether it fits the the scope or is allowed in a certain Stack Exchange community, can I ask whether it would be allowed to ask it in the corresponding ...
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What's the appropriate Stack Exchange site for asking about a software library to solve a particular problem? [duplicate]
I have recently asked this question on Stack Overflow, asking about the existence of a Python module to solve a particular problem, and the question was closed due to being "off-topic". ...
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Is there an appropriate SE site about intersection between technology and rural culture?
My current question is about rural technology, to be specific, this question is more about history and cultural tradition.
My question falls more into the topic covered by this book.
In which site I ...
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