Questions tagged [discussion]
The question you're asking is designed to solicit opinions or best-practices on a particular topic, with the goal of reaching community consensus.
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Who should our moderators be?
Somehow we've gone two weeks without someone posting this - I'm pretty sure that's a record. I figure that we can start nominating folks so that we're ready to go when we hit public beta in a few ...
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When should we accept answers?
Triggered by Andy's answer here:
I dislike the lack of accepted answers. I am guilty of not accepting answers too, though. I don't feel comfortable accepting a hardware recommendation until I can ...
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How would you rate HR at this moment?
How would you rate HR at this moment?
Is the community active enough?
What problems may we encounter in the long run?
What do you especially like/dislike about this site?
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Tag excerpt consistency
Going through the current tag excerpts we have in place, I've begun to find that certain tags need certain things — not all (in fact not many) need usage guidance.
For example, I recently added ...
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My, we are a talkative bunch. Should our comments be so chatty?
I've noticed that many of our answers are getting comments akin to "Thanks! This is a great recommendation!" or simply chatter
On other SE sites, this type of comment - one that isn't adding more ...
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Should similar recommendation requests for the same type of product be allowed?
I recently read a question that goes hand-in-hand with one of my previous questions, and I was going to provide a link in a comment when I realized that some of the relevant requirements were ...
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Remove the [playstation-4] and [playstation] tags?
It seems obvious to me that these tags aren't needed. The question they are used in only tags them because the real hardware in question is a hard drive that will be used with a PS4.
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Are full tag names or abbreviations preferred?
There are situations in which it is desirable to have a tag exist under both the full name and an abbreviation. I believe it we have consensus that in such cases one should be a synonym for the other....
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Merge [hdd] into [hard-disk]
I noticed my first question which I had tagged hard-disk got retagged as hdd. I prefer the full name rather than the abbreviation. But most of all, I think one of those two tags should definitely be a ...
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Is a scope of "product recommendations" + "pre-purchase inquiries" agreeable?
The Community Team is nearing the private beta evaluations to decide whether to move this site forward, but I've hit a few snags expressing purpose and the scope of this site.
I am confident we are on ...
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Why is this community not allowed to decide its scope?
The general rule I've seen around Stack Exchange is that a community is sovereign in deciding its scope¹, as long as it makes a modicum of sense. Stack Exchange employees may enforce quality ...
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Are questions on defining requirements on-topic? [duplicate]
Should a question like this be closed?
What should I look for besides pixel density/count when choosing a smartphone with a good camera?
It was closed because the user didn't list definitive ...
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Are "Why get an x" / "What good is x" questions allowed?
I ran across https://hardwarerecs.stackexchange.com/q/24/1 today, with Robert Cartaino leaving this comment:
"Hardware Recommendations" was created for questions seeking a specific hardware ...
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Add specific close reason for SuperUser content
Discussion here relates to questions being on topic on SuperUser, and therefore not here.
I suggest adding the following as a custom close reason:
"Hardware Recommendations" was created for ...
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Do Amazon (or any vendor) reviews count as a gauge for recommendations?
Can the hardware recommendations be justified/done taking Amazon reviews into account?
For example: Questions like these which has an answer where multiple recommendations end in a tie with respect ...
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What kind of hardware requirements are off-topic?
I've this one:
What are the PC hardware requirements for OS X to run on?
and it's off-topic, however another one related to hardware requirements is on-topic:
Multiple monitors hardware ...
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Are questions that involve a recommendation for hardware and software on topic?
The recent question about Point of Sale devices is the focus of this discussion.
Point of sale devices are a combination of hardware (terminals, barcode scanners, printers, etc) and software (the "...
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What should we do to keep "answered questions" ratio high?
Referring to the information on Area51:
90% answered is a healthy beta
At this moment we have 70%.
Should we give a bounty to others people questions?
How effectively get rid of bad questions to ...
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Which tags need to be cleaned up?
Which tags need to be cleaned up by a user with elevated editing or tag privileges?
Instead of posting a new answer per tag, feel free to just edit the CW answer.
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Are small electronics on topic?
I'd like to discuss the closure of Baby monitor that can have multiple transmitting stations on the same channel
The close reason provided:
"This question does not appear to be about hardware ...
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Are questions related to third party hosting requirements on topic?
I've thrown up a question related to a dedicated server that will be hosted (most likely) by a third party. The idea behind this question is to upgrade from a VPS to another piece of hardware. Is a ...
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Site name Computer Vs Building materials
I may be completely missing something on my mobile view but should there be a mention of PC in the site title?
Or could have new people asking about hammers and nails.
Again apologies if I'm ...
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Questions/answers with legal issues
What do we want to do about questions where answers might fall afoul of legal or regulatory issues? For example, this question asks for a 3-watt Wifi adapter. In most countries, a 3W EIRP radio is ...
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Are answers recommending unreleased, unannounced hardware allowed?
Prompted by this answer to What's a good life-proof Android phone?:
The upcoming Moto X Force is the phone that sound like the perfect fit(its not revealed or released yet!)
Watch out! These are just ...
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Remove the [name] tag?
Should we keep the name tag?
The tag doesn't itself contain any information. Almost any post can have it.
There's only one question marked with this tag and the tag is useless there.
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What is the right tag for a computer SMPS? power supply seems to be too generic
A desktop computer SMPS / power supply unit is widely known as SMPS and it referrers to the desktop computer Power Unit. On the other had a "power supply" or "power-supply" tag seems to be too broad ...
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Are hobby hardware questions on topic?
As a spin off from What type of hardware is allowed?, I'd like to discuss an area that doesn't exactly fit into the answers provided there.
It is my understanding from the linked question that on ...
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How long does it take to open public beta?
How much time do we have before it launches to the public?
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Should we use: [GPU], [Graphics-Card], or [Video-Card]?
As most gaming (or graphics editing work) towers contain some sort of graphics processing unit and they can be fairly pricey I suspect there will be several questions about them.
Current Options:
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What is required for an answer to be 'high quality'?
Seeing +15/-0 consensus on Should we have SR-style quality guidelines for questions and answers?, I would say it's time to figure out what we require in answers.
What is required for an answer to be '...
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Should questions conditioned on price include the location of the buyer? [duplicate]
Prices may vary depending on the location. Should questions conditioned on price include the location? (e.g. What's a good non-iPhone smartphone that's reasonably priced and specced?)
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What type of hardware is allowed?
I have asked this question: Standing desk with ability to raise/lower?
It is receiving a few close votes for "not about computing hardware."
A key thing this site will need to determine is what the ...
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Are "does 'x' meet these criteria" questions allowed?
Prompted by this question, should we allow questions that lay out a set of requirements and then ask if a specific piece of hardware fits them?
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How broad can questions be?
There may be value in limiting the breadth of questions asked. For example, if I was to ask the question What components should I use to build a quality workstation for under $3000?, there are lots of ...
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Are questions about how to build computers allowed?
I ran into a question asking about, basically, where to put a piece of hardware and not about what hardware to get. Is this acceptable? I don't think this kind of question can be diverted to Superuser ...
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Vote Early, Vote Often!
Note: This post is (nearly) identical to this one on Mythology Stack Exchange
I would like to echo a post that Scott Morrison made on Meta.Tex.SE:
I'm a moderator from MathOverflow, and this "...
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How can we detect (and deal with) spam?
The premise of Hardware Recommendations is that Person A is looking for one or more product(s) that will satisfy certain criteria or complete a certain task. Persons B, C, D, etc. may write answers ...
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How are we going to handle questions / answers becoming outdated?
This was brought up on Area 51, but I don't think it was sufficiently addressed.
Taking into consideration the following:
The primary goal of a Stack Exchange site is not to simply provide an answer ...
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What to do when a question has an answer in another SE?
What to do when a question has an answer in another SE?
E.g. the question Should I find a processor with "hyper-threading?":
The Intel Core i7 processor has a feature known as "hyper-...
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Are DIY hardware recommendations allowed?
Now, I have been interested in the maker and hacker community for a long time. I have learned about the Arduino and Raspberry Pi, etc. Are recommendation questions about such DIY hardware platforms ...
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Should we use [sound] or [audio]?
I just asked a question with the audio tag, on top of an existing question using sound. Which should we use?
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How do we promote our site?
Because some of the private betas are not active enough, it would be nice to talk about promoting our site.
Do you have any interesting proposals?
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Are appliance-related questions on-topic?
I think someone asked this on the commitment phrase, but I do not remember the responses.
Are we going to allow questions related to appliances?
An example could it be:
Which washer/dryer allows ...
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What should we call our chatroom?
We have a chatroom. It's currently called "Hardware Recommendations", which is the default name for a new site's chatroom.
What better names are there? As one of the Real Essential Meta Questions, ...
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Pricing as a requirement
How do we handle pricing requirements stated in questions?
Do we:
Consider them hard limits?
Expect proof of sale-price in all answers?
One of the problems is that pricing differs all over the ...
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My account has been banned after 3 questions, where only 1 question has negative votes
You've asked 3 questions recently, some of which have not been received very well by the community.
I've asked 3 questions, 2 questions with 0 votes, the 3rd with -4.
Is it really enough to get the ...
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Are "What should I consider when buying" questions allowed? [duplicate]
Note that this discussion is no longer current. We revisited this topic later in the life of this site.
Please see Do we still want general advice questions? and post your thoughts there.
Should we ...
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Are "X vs. Y" questions allowed?
On SR, we decided that "X vs. Y" is not a good question. Thumbing through the example questions for this site on Area 51, I see a few of them:
Do mechanical keyboards have any real ...
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Should we have SR-style quality guidelines for questions and answers?
This site is different than most - we're an opinion based site. This topic is the reason 'shopping recommendations' were banned on Stack Overflow. If we don't want to become a spam center, I think we ...
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