On a rainy afternoon I typed up something that might form the basis for a canonical iptables question here

I just finished my second espresso and therefore incredibly pedantic :) while it lasts...

Actually you don't lose a point anymore for down voting questions, only for down voting answers... The rationale for that is here.

I struggled a bit to come with something suitable and failed, hence starting my answer with that question. I agree that questions and answers surrounding the operational aspects of managing the Dev support infrastructure in DevOps are and should remain on-topic, but the how to phrase that?

despair.com/cluelessness.html is the sentiment when a search engine gives an instant answer with less effort than posting the question on SF.

I'd like to amend that by saying that quite a few of the questions that get voted down, closed or remain unanswered still get comments, many of them potentially helpful or providing a new insight.