Timeline for Why was my question closed on Server Fault?
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| Apr 28, 2013 at 9:04 | comment | added | Rob Moir | @ChronoFish when people post statements like yours I keep coming back to this: When we close a question here & suggest(or migrate it to) elsewhere we're not kicking people out of some garden of eden, we're trying to help them get better answers to their problems. Got a question about a home router,for example. It will get better answers on SuperUser than it will here, because home routers are different to business-class routers & there are more people with knowledge and expertise on home routers on Super User than there are on Server Fault. Getting good answers is what SE is all about. | |
| Apr 28, 2013 at 3:23 | comment | added | MDMarra | Sorry that you feel that way, but the scope of server fault has been discussed time and again. If you'd like to propose a change to relax the rules, create a new thread here on meta. As it stands essentially saying "well, I think it should be different" isn't a good argument. Write up what you perceive to be the pros and cons of such a proposal and let the community vote on it and give feedback. | |
| Apr 28, 2013 at 2:58 | comment | added | ChronoFish | Not saying that it isn't clear. I'm saying that once someone has written a question to the wrong site there are several ways of handling it, and the users/admins of serverfault do so in the least friendly way. If a professional network admin asks a question about installing Apache2 in Redhat SE, and a non-professional network admin asks a similar question about installing Apache2 on an Android USB computer, it's splitting hairs to call the non-professional out and tell him to "go somewhere else". | |
| Apr 28, 2013 at 2:26 | comment | added | MDMarra | @ChronoFish can you explain what part of our FAQ isn't clear? It's a technology site for technology professionals. Not a place for home users to ask professionals. Not a place for equipment in a home environment. It's pretty explicit. | |
| Apr 28, 2013 at 1:38 | comment | added | ChronoFish | These questions (and one that I recently asked) are misplaced "here" because 1. The popularity if the Exchange network is booming. 2. If you're a noob, the difference between serverfault, superuser, unix.stackexchange, is splitting hairs. There is a huge difference between StackOverflow where just about any question can be asked without ridicule and serverfault which has got to be the least friendly of the stackexchange sites. The fact that there is such a discrepancy between how each site responds to "general technology" questions points to a glaring hole in the stack-exchange sites. | |
| Apr 16, 2013 at 14:57 | comment | added | Rob Moir | @HenriqueOrdine "I used to think any question related to routers were welcome here, but now I've learnt my lesson" -- not home routers. This is less about what is not welcome here & more to do with where your question will get a better answer. The fact is that most of us don't know much about the sort of home "router" you are talking about because it has as much in common with "business-class" routers most of us deal with as a kid's pedal-cart has in common with an 18 wheeler truck. Other sites in SE will have more people on them that can help you - as I see happened over on ask different. | |
| Apr 16, 2013 at 5:05 | comment | added | Henrique Ordine | You're right, MDMarra, I don't know much about computer networks, but I happened to know the answer to my question already and it was a configuration on the router. I used to think any question related to routers were welcome here, but now I've learnt my lesson. | |
| Apr 16, 2013 at 2:23 | history | answered | MDMarra | CC BY-SA 3.0 |