These questions clarify points in the ServerFault FAQ.
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What IS a “professional capacity”?
The FAQ says at the very top:
... related to managing computer systems in a professional capacity.
What does that 'professional capacity' mean? I get paid to do what I do, so isn't everything I ...
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Are “Find [some software product] for me” questions off-topic?
So as I slug my way through /review/close and /review/first-posts I'm finding an alarming number of what I'm calling "Serverfault is a search engine" posts -- people asking us to find software for ...
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How can I ask better questions on Server Fault?
This is a Canonical Question / FAQ Candidate to help our new users ask better questions,
and hopefully get better answers. Similar questions:
How do I get better answers?
How can I get ...
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Modifying the faq, shopping edition
The 'product recommendation' question occurs here a lot. I propose we modify the existing FAQ language:
and it is not about …
Networking outside the professional workplace
Running ...
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4answers
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What are the canonical answers we've discovered over the years?
We've created, appointed, or otherwise identified certain question/answer pairs that are the canonical answer for certain problems. A list of these problems is given in the accepted answer below.
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Should personal computer-troubleshooting questions be asked on SF?
Questions such as removing viruses or malware, help installing/uninstalling software, configuring Outlook, etc?
