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 "Why does my pet do X?" on topic?
These questions are often unanswerable since the actual triggers for most of these activities are going to vary.
For instance:
Why is my dog afraid of other dogs? There are hundreds of potential ...
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Are "Recommend a fish" questions on topic?
I was reading through How to title recommending fish Q and I thought to myself, is this even the place for "Recommend me a fish" questions?
Now, as part of what makes a good question, ...
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Cancer health question: Potentially too broad
Earlier today, How successful is Cancer treatment? was posted. At first, I thought about it and gave a little anecdote of my own in the comment about the success of treatments and what factors may ...
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Is there a distinction between questions on pets, and questions about professional/amateur breeding of pet animals for show or sale?
A related meta discussion was started over concerns about questions where euthanization of a healthy animal might be a possible outcome for issues relating to professional or amateur breeding.
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Should "What is the best kind of pet to give as gift?" be converted to a community question then closed?
There have been a number of comments and edits to the question Is there anything I should know or consider before giving a pet as a gift? . It originated as a suggest by @JoshDM in chat a day or two ...
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When are legal questions on-topic?
This answer from early in the private beta argues that legal questions should generally be off-topic, giving the following examples:
Is keeping pet x in jurisdiction y illegal?
What permits do I need ...
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We do need to start to firm up the idea of what is on topic or not
A very early question on this was closed as too broad, but I think we need to be bringing this back to the surface. There's a couple of reasons for this...
Our help center is very thin on this ...
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Can I ask questions on the biology of my pet?
I began asking a question on the biology of my fire-bellied toad regarding skin complexion. The question involved inquiries on melanin intake, certain diet patterns, and the biology/science behind ...
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Animal Sexuality Images
There have been a few questions on animal sexuality and one of the answers included some rough images that illustrated what the answerer was trying to explain. How should we handle potentially NSFW ...
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Should we discourage pet breed / species identification questions?
The topic has come up in chat, so a meta discussion seems to be in order.
Should we actively disallow questions asking for identification of a specific breed, or even species?
Presumably users ...
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Should we have questions based on other questions?
I saw https://pets.stackexchange.com/questions/723/is-it-safe-for-me-to-use-human-medication-on-my-pet that is like a response to two other questions. Although the OP already answered it, I feel we ...
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Human medications on pets
I asked this:
https://pets.stackexchange.com/questions/723/is-it-safe-for-me-to-use-human-medication-on-my-pet
In order to prevent the human medicine question appearing for every pet there is, e.g [....
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Should questions recommending grooming implements be on topic and how specific?
There is comments under these whether it is on topic and another, commenting that they are related.
What is the most effective brush for knots in Bichon Frise fur?
What kind of brush should be used ...
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Are questions about pet loss (death, grieving) on topic?
Are questions about pet loss, grief, etc on topic for this site, or are they better suited for Cognitive Sciences?
See: What are good techniques for coping with the loss of a dog?
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Are questions asking for references on topic? [duplicate]
Is there a research-based book that discusses feline social interactions and cues?
So, do we want these types of questions?
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