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Where to ask Careers questions, Stack Overflow meta or Stack Exchange Meta?
There are a lot of Careers questions in SEMeta popping up. When Careers is placed as a branch of Stack Overflow, isn't Careers more affiliated with SO, instead of SEMeta? Aren't StackOverflow Careers ...
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Intercept certain tags to support sites which are born from Stack Overflow?
IMPORTANT: the difference between this proposal and others previously posted:
the proposal is addressing only those technology tags which have their exact SE sites already. The complete list: ...
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Why does Stack Overflow focus on programming questions? [closed]
Why does Stack Overflow focus on programming questions? It has so many sites listed on the footer of the site. It confuses me.
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Stack Overflow doesn't work for me anymore; where should I look instead?
As an architect and team lead, many of the questions I'm interested in are comparisons of technologies, or accounts of how well a particular technology or methodology works in practice.
And almost ...
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Are questions about the use of ssh keys on topic?
I asked a question about cpanel and ssh keys generated in puttygen. I've deleted it now, but high-rep users can see it at: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/21712535/how-can-i-import-a-pair-of-pub-...
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Are questions about the use of cpanel web interface on-topic? [closed]
I asked a question about cpanel and ssh keys generated in puttygen. I've deleted it now, but high-rep users can see it at: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/21712535/how-can-i-import-a-pair-of-pub-...
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Is this question OT or not? [closed]
IMO, it is, but if it isn't, I'll vote to re-open.
https://stackoverflow.com/q/21316065/438992
(Please don't downvote it; I'm just trying to get the right thing done regardless of whether I'm right ...
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Are "what language...?" questions on-topic? [duplicate]
The phrase "what language" in a title tends to be followed by one of:
"is this?" (code snippet)
"should I use for X?"
"is X programmed in?"
See "what language", "what languages"
I'd argue that
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What kind of question should be asked on Stack Overflow? [duplicate]
If there are websites for each topic/field separately e.g. Linux and Unix, askubuntu etc., then what type of questions should be asked on stackoverflow.com?
I am asking this because once my question ...
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Should programming for unsupported operating systems be considered on-topic?
For example, questions specific to Windows 2000, or where the question explicitly says that the answer must apply to Windows 2000 as well as to later versions.
I'm inclined to say they should be off-...
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Should lecturing be allowed? [closed]
I've been finding Stack Overflow an indispensable tool, but I've noticed that too many (in my opinion) answerers take the opportunity to deliver a lecture on what is (in their opinion, but usually not ...
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Is it ok to ask if a summary of a subject is correct [closed]
In the process of learning a subject it happens, quite often, that I would like to post a summary of my understanding to get feedback from the community. Is that acceptable?
I do not feel ...
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Can I ask questions about things like Question2Answer or Rainloop Webmail on Stack Overflow?
I have some questions that I want to ask, but I don't know if it's going to be closed. So I am asking if questions about Rainloop Webmail or Question2Answer are allowed to be asked and if it's going ...
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Is there any official Google support in Stack Overflow? [closed]
Today I flagged this question as off topic. It's to do with deleting service accounts from Googles Cloud console.
This looks like an admin issue to me, and certainly not a programming question within ...
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What's the policy on 'Convert my SQL to LINQ' questions? [duplicate]
I'm seeing a lot of questions recently along the lines of, "Convert this SQL query to LINQ for me" followed by a copy/paste of a SQL query.
I've started voting to close when I see these under "Must ...
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