This question was closed as off-topic. Yet it fits squarely within the topic of Super User as defined by the FAQ (it's a question about the beamer plug-in for the TeX program, to put it into general terms).

It's true that asking on the TeX site is likely to elicit a better response, but how is a new user who may not even be aware of its existence (ok, not the case in the particular instance I cited above) supposed to guess that? Could we have

• a policy for users to decide whether to flag or close such questions
• a way for new users to know whether TeX questions are allowed/recommended/not-recommended/forbidden at Super User

This question was closed as off-topic. Yet it fits squarely within the topic of Super User as defined by the FAQ (it's a question about the beamer plug-in for the TeX program, to put it into general terms).

It's true that asking on the TeX site is likely to elicit a better response, but how is a new user who may not even be aware of its existence (ok, not the case in the particular instance I cited above) supposed to guess that? Could we have

• a policy for users to decide whether to flag or close such questions
• a way for new users to know whether TeX questions are allowed/recommended/not-recommended/forbidden at Super User

This question was closed as off-topic. Yet it fits squarely within the topic of Super User as defined by the FAQ (it's a question about the beamer plug-in for the TeX program, to put it into general terms).

It's true that asking on the TeX site is likely to elicit a better response, but how is a new user who may not even be aware of its existence (ok, not the case in the particular instance I cited above) supposed to guess that? Could we have

• a policy for users to decide whether to flag or close such questions
• a way for new users to know whether TeX questions are allowed/recommended/not-recommended/forbidden at Super User

This question was closed as off-topic. Yet it fits squarely within the topic of Super User as defined by the FAQ (it's a question about the beamer plug-in for the TeX program, to put it into general terms).

It's true that asking on the TeX site is likely to elicit a better response, but how is a new user who may not even be aware of its existence (ok, not the case in the particular instance I cited above) supposed to guess that? Could we have

• a policy for users to decide whether to flag or close such questions
• a way for new users to know whether TeX questions are allowed/recommended/not-recommended/forbidden at Super User