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My favourite thing about SF is the 'professional' requirement. … It seems to me that we should demand the same behaviour of ourselves when answering questions as when asking them; in other words, we should treat professionals in a professional manner. …

Essentially, they're amateur questions in a professional context. … In other words, can non-professional administrators still ask questions about professional setups? …

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"? … What is so specific about the system and network administration topic that this Q&A site would not work outside of a "professional" scope compared to, say, coding. Or photography. Or Unix. …

This is part of a set of questions on how Server Fault defines "professional" system and network administration. For additional information, see: Why "professional capacity"? … The About page says at the very top: ... related to managing computer systems in a professional capacity. What does that 'professional capacity' mean? …

Do you think that's because someone decided that a hard drive in my professional workstation which needs to be encrypted because of my employers rules is not within a "professional capacity"? …

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 enthusiast questions are off-topic (contact your system administrator or hire a professional to help you out). Please see the Help Center for more information. …

Do any professional sysadmins really use cPanel, rather than provide cPanel? To me, cPanel is indicative of non-professional (i.e. voluntary, spare time, personal) web hosting use? … questions from people who run hosting farms and provide cPanel for their users having a place here, but every time I read a question with cPanel in the tags I think, this is surely someone who's not a professional …

The primary reason is an active combative position against professional related topics that aren't deeply technical amongst the community. … During the election process, there were members of the community who took a hostile approach towards professional content that related to career management. …

i.e. a whole category of questions where the correct professional response seems to be "Hire a consultant / replacement because you need a professional sysadmin / expert in XYZ". …

Are the use of WiFi extenders considered to be non-professional grade? …

So I ask you data-miners out there: What is the best meta-question that handles the issue of "...in a professional capacity"? …

to come to ask questions of professional system administrators" But I'm also interested in more nuanced views from other people. … (And if you want to point out the irony that someone who is, technically, no longer a professional system administrator is asking this question, feel free). …

But even so, I think we're sometimes too quick to say "it's not professional to use such an old version" or "it's not professional to use (that software) in production" or whatever. …

For the majority of users who do not read the FAQ, there is no indication whatsoever that questions will be rejected if they do not relate to these topics in a professional capacity. … Should we change the "Ask a question" title hint and sidebar to specify "in a professional capacity"? …

Removing the requirement to be a professional means telling these users “your question isn’t appropriate as it stands, improve it by...” instead of telling them “you don’t belong here because you aren’ … t what I consider to be a professional sysadmin.” …