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I'm of two minds on this. There is nothing "unprofessional" about compiling your own Apache if you have a valid administrative or business reason for doing so. For anyone to suggest that this is unpr …

If you're concerned that the OP might be confused as to why they're being directed to that question feel free to leave them a comment explaining why their question is off-topic, and what about the dup …

One of our close reasons reads as follows: Questions must be relevant to professional system administration. Server Fault is a site dedicated to professionals; novice questions are off-topic. Plea …

New "Not A Professional" close reason Questions must be relevant to professional system administration. Server Fault is a site dedicated to professional system and network administrators; question …

If the only reason for closing the question is "Because it was asked by $USER", this is a bad thing. I certainly hope nobody is going through a user's profile putting close votes on all their question …

As everyone should be aware by now, a new off-topic close dialog has been implemented network-wide. The new system offers us the opportunity to customize our off-topic close reasons, and This post is …

Pre-Filled Reason #1 Questions about hardware or software used in a home setting are off-topic because they require answers that may not be practical for the business and support professionals her …

Not a Professional (WesleyDavid's variant) ServerFault is for Professional system and network administrators It appears from the context of your question and comments that you are not actin …

Not a Professional Server Fault is a site for professional system and network administrators. Your question does not appear to meet our standards for being asked "in a professional capacity", poss …

Pre-Filled Reason #3 Questions seeking product, service, or learning material recommendations are off-topic because they tend to become obsolete quickly. Instead, describe your situation and the s …

Pre-Filled Reason #2 Questions about software development are off-topic here, but can be asked on Stack Overflow.

"Not Constructive" / "We don't do product/service recommendations" are both overused in my opinion. Jeff gave some very good guidelines for when subjective questions should be allowed to live. I wo …

Is ServerFault just for moderators? Obviously, I'm being dramatic for effect, but the moderators came off as smug, snippy and snobbish, and gave the vibe that they want to keep the site for themsel …

It's really hard to definitively answer the kind of question you're asking. The crux of what you want to know is summarized toward the end of your question: In what ways could an application fail …

By and large, the mod team on Server Fault does not "mod hammer" questions, despite our constant joking about it in chat. We certainly do not do so to questions with a large proportion of upvotes (th …