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26 questions linked to/from What IS a "professional capacity"?
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Are RaspberryPi's ever on topic for ServerFault?
I'm seeing more questions to do with RaspberryPi boards. This latest one set me off: Why can't I stream more than 1 file using nginx?
Is there a belief that RaspberryPis can be used in a professional ...
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Are we upvoting/downvoting questions for the right reasons?
tl;dr: in the tooltip for upvoting/downvoting of questions is the semicolon(;) considered an and/or (meaning do we upvote if it is clear and useful but no research, or upvote for research but not ...
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Proposed change to Server Fault guidelines
Following up on the discussion here, I’d like to propose some changes to our help center guidelines to remove subjective language (particularly the “professional” part) and simplify things a bit, ...
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Can non-professional administrators still ask questions about professional setups?
I by no means consider myself to be a professional network administrator. Rather, I am a systems and application programmer, and an occasional project manager.
However, due to the nature of my work, ...
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Why "professional capacity"?
This is part of a set of questions on how Server Fault defines "professional" system and network administration. For additional information, see:
What IS a "professional capacity"?...
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What makes virtual box off topic on server fault?
Background
I'm a fairly green user to server fault, and admittedly to server management. I asked this question regarding an issue with virtualbox which was placed on hold on the basis of
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Remove "Professional" close-reason
The third close-reason is currently:
Questions must be relevant to professional system administration. Server Fault is dedicated to professional system and network administrators. End user and ...
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Are we becoming too judgmental about questions relating to "professionalism"?
It seems odd to me that this question (Windows XP procedurally drop packets) is currently flagged for issues on being "professional."
When did this site become so judgmental and only accept ...
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Refusing to give teh codez, good or bad practice?
When trying to provide an answer, I sometimes found myself hesitant to provide the exact recipe that would be a solution for a particular problem.
I think it is better (it has always been better when ...
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Is there recourse for abusive moderation?
I asked this question about yum and Apache, which is a perfectly fine question for this site. A site moderator stepped in and issued comments that were not helpful to answering the question as asked. ...
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Line noise check, RE: our topic matter
Yes, this is an actual thing that I'm having to post.
Reading a number of the recent opinion wars on meta, I really feel like it should be necessary to complete the following mental checklist before ...
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Where do I ask a question about backup of local mac and vmware fusion based prototyping environment
I am an IT pro and tend to need virtual environments for opsdev, infrastructure and development type activities that require non-functional facets like backup.
A lot of my work gets done on trains so ...
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Should we have a "general reference" close reason?
I've been noticing an influx of questions lately which not only show a total lack of research, but are completely and thoroughly answered in the product documentation.
Such questions almost always ...
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Should there be a list of tricky "off-topic" subjects for new posters to be directed to?
It seems that some of the community here is rather hostile to new posters who don't know exactly how "professional" a question has to be in order to be accepted here as a good fit.
For example, this ...
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Where is the best place to ask question about servers but also when "learning new things"?
Being attracted from the name "ServerFault" I thought this was the best StackExchange site to ask about servers which I own with AWS.
But when going through the tour and some meta questions, ...
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