So, I asked [a question][1] that got hammered down as a "Billing" related question.  I thought I was asking how is it possible for a server to run less than 24 hours a day, but whatever. I can understand some folks just can't read past the headlines and if they see words like "purchasing" or "billing" or "pay" they can get stuck on that, and can't see further into a question.  

But here's my rub.  I did check the [guidelines][2] for what is acceptable questions for this stack exchange, and no where, no how do I see anything on this page related to "Billing" (not that I'm asking about that anyway...) It's okay to have specific behavior in a group like this, but if that is the requirement please so state in the [written published guidelines][2] or the [don't ask guidelines][3].  Please don't make me waste my time attempting to ask a question that might be helpful to others, to only get it killed later (for what seems like a random downvote).

And if the guidelines are "no questions containing the words billing or payments or any other issues involving price of supplier services" that is fine but please let us know up front that is the requirement. (In fact, is that a real requirement?)

My tendency is to change the title of that posting from "Cloud Computing Pay as You Go Server (less than 24 hours / day?)" to "How do you run a Cloud Computing Server less than 24 Hours a Day?" and resubmit. Sigh.   


  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/829578/cloud-computing-pay-as-you-go-server-less-than-24-hours-day
  [2]: http://serverfault.com/help/on-topic
  [3]: http://serverfault.com/help/dont-ask