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Is the "Questions should demonstrate reasonable information technology management practices"...
We've never been amazing about explaining why a question is perhaps ill-advised, and especially not so good about engaging with question-askers when they disagree with our opinion of professional or reasonable …
sysadmin1138Mod
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Low effort questions with lack of basic troubleshooting
I have been playing the ServerFault game for almost as long as you have been an IT professional.
I have learned that, 'no one who needs to, reads anything'. …
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Why doesn't ServerFault allow questions about unsupported hardware/software platforms?
It's been my experience that a big part of being an IT professional is dealing with old stuff. … But there is range of questions that are in the category: as professional you really shouldn't be doing with a legacy environment what you're asking support for. …
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Why doesn't ServerFault allow questions about unsupported hardware/software platforms?
It's been my experience that a big part of being an IT professional is dealing with old stuff. …
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What is the proper procedure when an old answer no longer works?
That generally prevents people from closing your question as a duplicate and shows that you're a professional that has done some research and/or tried a solution before asking the internet for help. …
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Rescind rule on business IT?
On-topic for SF used to be defined as:
related to managing computer systems in a professional capacity. … It was always hard and somewhat contentious to define what a "professional capacity" was, and the business environment close reason came from a desire to be more precise. …
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Questions about "is this a reasonable practice" and about "home business"
2363, 2695 (lists some supposedly "truly home-user" questions), 2713 (very detailed and concrete discussion) , a general line that I got was: not the hardware (desktop/dedicated server, home router/"professional …
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Proposed canonical question: Why is it considered bad practice to run everything on the same...
My usual reaction after seeing questions like this one is to cry a lot, vote to close and add a suggestion to rethink what you are doing and/or call in a professional. …
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Explain like I'm 5 — EMM, MDM, UEM
This site is for professional system administrators, very few of whom are likely to be five years old. …
wombleMod
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Is the serverfault community oriented by profession or knowledge areas?
some meta questions I found that SF community is indeed more oriented by profession, but there's an overlap between knowledge areas of superuser and serverfault so there's still another home for non-professional …
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Is the serverfault community oriented by profession or knowledge areas? [duplicate]
I am not a professional sysadmin and I asked a question which was understandably poorly received. …
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What is wrong with this question?
I got downvoted instantly for this question:
Hostname from IP address (again ...)
Can anyone tell me what the problem is? If it is just noise for network professionals, and they are irritated by it, w …
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This is why this site suffers from a lack of talent
We are a site aiming for professional system administrator. …
yagmoth555Mod
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Why is my question about subdomain usage with content delivery networks off-topic?
Because it doesn't relate to your management of an IT system in a professional capacity. …
wombleMod
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Question potentially off-topic, judment and possible migration needed
I am an IT Professional and I am doing sysadmin work on a network appliance and server on what is my primary business network. However, I do not use it to provide services to clients. …
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