Questions tagged [on-topic]
The question you're asking is about whether or not something is on-topic for this site.
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Is it appropriate to ask about wildlife that I am deliberately trying to attract or care for in some way?
The on-topic guide states that we should only ask about domestic animals and not wildlife. However, what about wildlife that we're deliberately trying to attract or care for?
In my case, I wanted to ...
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I wanna ask this question and I am not sure, if it fits the site's guidelines
I wanna ask a question, but I'm not sure, if I should. I don't wanna have it downvoted to oblivion or even deleted. So I figured I'd ask here first. This is what I'd like to ask:
How to convince my ...
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Why was the question about Conan the dog put on hold as POB?
I recently asked the question Is the dog depicted on this image male or female?
It was put on hold as Primarily Opinion Based. I don't agree with this because AFAIK the physical gender of a dog as ...
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Should we close this question about statistics about vets?
This question "Scholarly article on the percentage of vets who recommend spaying/neutering" really annoys me but I'm not sure if it's acceptable on this site or not.
The main question (among a lot ...
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"Go see veterinarians" as a close reason?
I have seen several comments where someone is voting to close a question as off topic because the close voter feels that the OP should take their animal to a vet.
If this is listed as out of scope ...
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Product identification: should it be allowed?
Should we allow questions about product identification?
This question Does anyone know what brand of dog toy this yellow, miniature, plush, duck toy is? was self answered it has collected 2 close ...
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Are questions asking for how to treat pets with vet treatments, e.g. medicines, on topic?
This question Amoxicillin dosage and length of treatment for cat? bothers me somewhat. We have a pet owner asking how to dose antibiotics for their pets, without having a vet checking the pets.
I run ...
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New tag literature
After much thought (preceding weeks), and the happenstance of events yesterday, Today I created the tag literature along with the post Do rabbits fight each other to the death?
To the best of my ...
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Are questions about bees in scope?
There is a new site proposal at Area 51: Beekeeping. We have an existing meta question Are questions about horses and/or farm pets on topic? which does not clearly include or exclude bees. Looking at ...
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Can we post a comment where we think the question should go to a proposal on area 51 where it fits the best?
I just want to know if we can post a comment on a question stating "This question can be best suited for the area 51 proposal i.e. XYZ on this particular topic..." Coz I think this will also help the ...
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Is there any reason why questions asking if a price for an animal is reasonable would be on-topic?
I had removed it from this question: What is the procedure for adopting a purebred dog in the United States?, because it was more of a side-comment than a part of the actual question, but it made me ...
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What's our position on aquaponics?
Stemming from this question on the Gardening site: Aquaponics: lobsters, clams, oysters and tilapia all in the same tank?
I think animals being kept in aquaponics systems are borderline for us. They'...
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Where do we stand on lab animals?
We've already had some debate on the line between a pet and livestock, but I don't think it's come up before where the animal in question was a lab animal. (Note: By lab animal, I mean specifically an ...
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What's our stance on questions about other people's pets?
We have this question from a while back: "How can I keep my neighbor's dogs out of my yard?" Which I think is a pretty good question and likewise generated a pretty good discussion.
Now we have: "...
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When animal-identification questions are on-topic
Previously we've discussed whether or not we should allow species-identification questions on this site. (Species identification and the Help Center
was raised when we had this question: What is this ...
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