What kind of questions can I ask on this site?
Are there detailed examples of what's on-topic here?
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This post will be used to have a central repository of all content that is on-topic within this site. This is to be used as an extension of the general FAQ: What questions can I ask here?
General questions can be added as comments to this question
or as a new question with the scope tag.
Scope of questions
For the main Web Applications site
Ask
| Categories | Discussions |
|---|---|
| Shopping web applications | |
| Productivity | Are questions about Microsoft Word Online on-topic here? |
| Business Process | Are questions about corporate applications on topic? |
| Automation with Web IDE | Should questions about Google Apps Scripts be allowed on WebApps? |
Clarification
| Categories | Discussions |
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| WordPress, Google Sites | |
| Using browsers for use with a web application | |
| Cross-platform apps | |
| Busines Intelligence | Do Power BI questions belong here? |
| Vendor Specific Mobile App Web Front End | Should we allow questions about (Google) Recorder? |
| Git Repositories | Are questions regarding versioning software functionality on-topic here? |
| Troubleshooting |
Don't Ask
Use of Community Wiki
Community Wiki is special type of post were all users can contribute directly. Community Wiki were used, but should not be used anymore, for the following purposes (see custom close reasons section below ) :
| Categories | Discussions |
|---|---|
| Poll questions | Are questions about which is the best/most popular <X> on topic? |
| Recommendation questions: Is there a web app | Is asking "is there a webapp for x" on topic? |
Related
Custom Close Reasons
| Reason | Discussion | Remark |
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| It is a question about creating/developing a web application. | Re-phrase "web development" close reason | Questions about creating websites have been off-topic since the private beta. Ref. Are questions about creating websites on- or off-topic? |
| Questions asking for us to recommend or find a Web Application are off-topic and out of scope, as they tend to attract opinionated answers and spam. However, your question may be on topic at Software Recommendations if you can rewrite it so that it meets their quality guidelines | Please update the "recommendation" custom off-topic reason to include guidance to Software Recs | Recommendation became officially off-topic on 2014. This was discussed Make all recommendation questions out of scope and off topic, regardless of research, and revisited on a discussion derived from a new Area51 proposal. Ref. Website recommendations |
| Questions that ask about the internal policies, technologies, and algorithms of web application companies are off-topic because only the company or its developers truly know the answer. Please see: Why we're not customer support for your favorite company. | Do we need a close reason for questions asking about proprietary/non-public information or policies? |
Answering
| Categories | Discussions |
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| Workarounds |
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3This is really confusing. I thought the "Scope" section was a list of things that were on topic, but surely you don't consider Piracy on topic. Are you saying that these links are where we can find whether one of those things listed in the scope are on topic or not?– terdonCommented Mar 22, 2023 at 18:20
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@terdon I agree that this require more work. This FAQ was created during the public-beta that were a lot of questions about the site scope, naturally because one of the purposes of the public beta whas to clarify the site purpose and workings of the site at the time of validating that it deserves to "graduate". The links points to the discussions about each topic. The linked posts might need to be updated or clarified. It is also possible to replace the links by other posts. Commented Mar 22, 2023 at 19:19