Questions tagged [allowed-questions]
Meta questions about where to ask a specific question within the series of Stack-Exchange sites (when a matching site cannot be found)
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Must the asker already know the answer to their problem?
Proposal: Math Challenges
Must the asker already know the answer to their problem?
Or can one ask puzzles not knowing the answer?
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What is the most relevant stack for GNSS (GPS, Glonass, Galileo…) questions?
Is there a stack that encompasses GNSS (e.g. GPS) technologies. I see:
GIS,
Electrical Engineering,
Space Exploration,
Ham Radio,
possibly other...
are related, but it's difficult to imagine ...
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Which topics of the following list; would be on-topic (or off topic) in bioinformatics SE? [closed]
Proposal: Bioinformatics
List 1: Following are some area closely related to bioinformatics from the view
that all them contains things related to "bio" and "computation"
Computational biology.
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Etiquette regarding cross-semination of proposals and S.E.s
I read a post (from 2012) recently in the Linguistics meta that "...The users that committed cannot talk about them in existing sites at the moment....".
Before that, I had been going to consider a ...
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Fake languages?
Proposal: Language Learning
Are made up languages like Klingon on-topic? What about more realistic ones like Esperanto?
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Should Ethics be allowed?
Proposal: Veganism and Vegetarianism
When I originally created the proposal I was advised to disallow ethical questions as the tend to be opinionated and subjective.
However, it's inevitable that ...
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Can questions be asked in Commitment Phase?
I read this question, but it did not answer my question. Here's my scenario:
I have a Hebrew Language-related question. Mi Yodeya.SE will not accept it, because nonreligious Hebrew questions are off ...
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Are activities relating to A&C on topic?
Proposal: Arts and Crafts
I'm a bit late to this party, since it's already in commitment, but have we considered whether activities relating to 'Arts & Crafts' are on topic? I am thinking from ...
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Asking open ended questions while still complying to SE guidelines
Proposal: Computer Graphics
A lot of potentially very interesting questions are closed as subjective or out of topic on Stack Exchange, including some popular "historical" ones. This trend has spawn ...
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A moderator deleted one of my discussion questions; how should I look for “why”?
It was more like a dissertation on why I think a proposal should get more attention, after it has been re-launched, asking for more discussion and comments with the rest of the community, than a real ...
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Can I discuss/ask about the relationship between composer's life and their song style?
Proposal: Music Fans
As this forum is titled "Music Fans", while music and songs are written by composers who most likely get their inspiration from their lives/philosophical principles/sociocultural ...
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Is a question about music in general allowed (see example)?
Proposal: Music Fans
For example, would Can lyrics of political nature really revolutionize a nation that lacks of good basic education? be a valid question?
I think the description doesn't scope ...
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Will there be moderation on the question or content before being posted publicly?
Proposal: Health
Will there be moderation before posting a question in order to avoid publishing non-complying content?
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Are questions about vocaloid allowed
Proposal: Music Fans
I know this question has been asked before, but on a different proposal.Vocaloid is technically music, but it is also some sort of manga or anime. So would questions about this ...
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Would questions about how to use your constructed world be on topic?
Proposal: Worldbuilding
Say I've recently finished my worldbuilding for Codename: Foobar. Would the following types of questions be considered on topic? I would not consider them so but nobody else ...
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How do we define what is too broad a question for this site?
Proposal: Worldbuilding
Certain questions are on the list of example questions that are quite broad and open to a lot of differing answers that all could be considered correct. A good example of this ...
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Are broadshot questions appropriate?
Proposal: Economics
This question applies to all SE proposals, not just economics.
I think this question is a good one, but lends itself to quite a broad kind of answer - ie one that lists an ...
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Would Langley calibration questions be on topic
Proposal: Earth Science
Would questions about how to interpret Langley plots for different FWHM values be on topic here?
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Would questions on other religions which adopted Buddhism be accepted
Proposal: Buddhism
There are some religions which have adopted Buddhism into themselves, like Shinto, I am wondering if questions on these religions would be accepted so long as they in some way ...
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Questions out of curiosity - new or existing site? [duplicate]
Is there a site to ask questions that do not fall under any existing site and are of pure curiosity? Ranging from "Why grass is green?" to "How does automatic parking system work?" or could be "why ...
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How specific does a question need to be?
Proposal: Software Recommendations
The site just entered the commitment phase as I was trying to comment on some on example questions, so I'll have to ask here instead.
A couple non-specific ...
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More Recommendation questions needed
Proposal: Software Recommendations
We have a lot of followers, but I noticed that many don't upvote / add questions. We still need more good and specific questions. Please add ones if you did not use ...
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How detailed/supported the answers about software recommendation should be?
Proposal: Software Recommendations
I can imagine that there'll be a lot of opportunity to give a simply one-liners in response to questions seeking software recommendations. Given a question "What is ...
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Make people aware of progress participation
It looks like people tend to follow proposals but don't upvote existing example questions or add new questions.
But this is necessary for further progress of a proposal.
Could be add a hint when a ...
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Are ebooks formats on topic?
Proposal: Ebooks
The question is similar, but not exactly the same, as the one here. I understand that asking if mobi is better or not than epub is a soft-question and should be frown at, but for ...
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Would questions and answers of exoplanetary atmospheres be on-topic?
Proposal: Astronomy
This is one of my specialist fields of research, I know there is a similar question asked here for the Geoscience proposal; however, I am referring to the detection, composition ...
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What to do if tried a site and found the quality poor?
Is there a way to down vote or give feed back on a beta site I had experience with?
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Scope of moderation questions concerning specific platforms?
Proposal: Moderators
How should questions concerning moderation with a specific application be handled? Say for example, if I had some technical question about Reddit or vBulletin that was about a ...
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Is question translation in the future “stack overflow in german” welcomed?
I have committed on using Stack Overflow (in German), and I think there will be some "reputation chasers", who will take the most popular questions from the English stack overflow, translate them (may ...
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Could we ask technical questions about sustainable energy production here?
Proposal: Sustainable Living
Would it make sense to ask questions here about the nitty gritty of sustainable/renewable energy production?
Like "how would i go about building an efficient wind ...
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Are questions going to be limited to Japanese animation and manga?
Proposal: Anime & Manga
I realize a lot of Japanese animated shows have a lot of Korean or Chinese studios working under the main animation production studio, but the focus is still going to be ...
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Certification Questions
Proposal: English as a Second Language
Should we allow questions relating to certification of students and teachers? Like, where they can get certified in a country, which types of institutions ...
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Is it acceptable to aks questions one knows the answer to animate beta?
Is it acceptable to ask questions one knows the answer in order to animate site, which is in beta phase?
Asking a question you know the answer may sound a bit weird, but there are some trivial ...
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Would any existing site be adequate for questions about orienteering?
Would any existing site be adequate for questions about orienteering?
I've thought about Travel site, since it is mostly similar to tourism, but this is mainly oriented on tourist activities where ...
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Rationale for other.stackexchange.com
Proposal: Other
It seems rather often, and to the chagrin of many loyal Stack Exchange users and the entire community, that some questions have no place to go. See What happened to "What real ...
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Where to ask question about icons sets?
Would the following question be acceptable on any existing Stack site?
In particular, this kind of question is not accepted on Graphic Design.
If not, would the creation of a new proposal be ...
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Where to go for these?
I want to ask a question but I don't know where to go, my guess is that there may not be a site for this and maybe can point me the best substitute:
Ask a question about network administration: ...
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Anime: Are questions about plot/story theories allowed?
Normally on StackExchange sites, discussions are not permitted. However, for the Anime & Manga forum, would it be permitted to ask a question such as "In Naruto, given the direction Sasuke is ...
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What kind of cosplay questions would be allowed?
Proposal: Anime & Manga
The description for the proposed Anime & Manga SE states "Proposed Q&A site for anime fans, otakus, cosplayers, doujin producers, etc."
Right now, the only sample ...
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Islam: Should requests for rulings and/or fatawa be permitted?
One common feature I've seen on most if not all Islamic Q&A sites is a slew of rulings requests (especially "Is such-and-such permissible in Islam?"-type questions)
Although such questions seem ...
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Will simple Poker stats questions be de facto off topic as they can be answered with a link to reference?
Proposal: Poker
Questions about e.g. the odds of a wired pair making a set in a one deck game of Hold 'em, can be resolved by looking up an odds/outs table.
Will all questions of this nature be ...
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How specific should poker questions be without being “too localized”?
Proposal: Poker
Poker questions can be very specific, so I was wondering whether or not it is appropriate to allow arbitrarily detailed questions or would they be considered "too localized." For ...
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Anime: should we allow the use of romanized Japanese titles?
Proposal: Anime & Manga
Every anime has a romanized Japanese title (romaji). Most popular anime also has an English title.
For example, this question can be written as
How many times did Louise ...
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Anime: are questions about subbing groups allowed?
Proposal: Anime & Manga
Shall we accept questions about anime subbing groups? In some cases their activity may be illegal. Here is one example question.
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Are Historians interested in future? [closed]
Proposal: Futurology
I hope this is a rhetoric question ;) I just want to announce the futurology proposal here, as both proposals would imo benefit from each other and future studies are often ...
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Should all the Q&A in this proposal use Chinese language only? | 这个项目里的所有问答都将使用中文吗？
Proposal: Applying to Foreign Colleges & Universities (in Chinese)
这个项目的核心是解答中国学生在留学上的疑惑，这是不是意味着，这个项目里的所有问题和解答将完全使用中文？如果完全使用中文，那么对于诸如在国外生活体验这样的问题，就仅仅只有海外的华人可以回答了，毕竟大部分外国人是不懂中文的，而懂中文的未必在国外生活。
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Are questions about Area 51 still on-topic on MSO?
Now that there is a meta site about Area 51, are question about Area 51 still on-topic on Meta Stack Overflow?
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Fixing the “deleted” proposals issue
Following-up this other discussion:
Why would I want to "keep track" of all of the questions I have asked as samples elsewhere when I do not have to do that for any other SE site? Questions shouldn't ...
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Add old proposed questions to new proposals? [closed]
Over time, many proposals have been closed & deleted after they've gone stagnant.
Some of those proposals have later been re-created, with the hope that they'll have better luck on their second ...
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Do we need a “Firearm Safety” site for questions like this: “How to disable a gun so it can be used as part of my halloween costume?”
Firearm safety should always be the cornerstone of any Firearms Q&A site. Which should mean that any question that involves a safety violation indicates that the OP has a lack of understanding of ...
