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1 | 2015-09-09T16:46:52.260 | Should we have SR-style quality guidelines for questions and answers? | |discussion|answer-quality|question-quality| | <p>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 should have some fairly strict quality guidelines.</p>
<p><a href="https://softwarerecs.stackexchange.com/">Software... | <p>For <a href="https://hardwarerecs.meta.stackexchange.com/a/5/122">adaptation of guidelines from SR</a>, some of the changes are obvious - there will rarely be a recommendation that can be implemented or tried out at zero cost (open source equivalent). </p>
<p>Others are not so obvious, but are just as important. ... |
2 | 2015-09-09T16:51:27.540 | Are "X vs. Y" questions allowed? | |discussion|questions|scope| | <p>On SR, we decided that <a href="https://softwarerecs.meta.stackexchange.com/a/70/46">"X vs. Y" is not a good question</a>. Thumbing through the example questions for this site on Area 51, I see a few of them:</p>
<blockquote>
<ul>
<li><p>Do mechanical keyboards have any real advantage over traditional keyb... | <p>I would allow such questions.</p>
<p>For the simple fact that the one who posed the question saved us some time on finding and recommending something for him, by narrowing the results to two, let's say 3.</p>
<p>Also he knows his budget, preferences but not what's better than what. That is where some of us come in... |
14 | 2015-09-09T18:35:39.200 | What should we call our chatroom? | |discussion|status-completed|chat| | <p>We have a <a href="http://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/28945/hardware-recommendations">chatroom</a>. It's currently called "Hardware Recommendations", which is the default name for a new site's chatroom.</p>
<p>What better names are there? As one of the <a href="https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/223674/the-r... | <p><strong>The Hardware Showroom</strong> <br>(or some variation of it)</p>
<p>This site offers the best hardware on the market. Why not put it in a showroom?</p>
|
20 | 2015-09-09T18:54:48.263 | How do we promote our site? | |discussion| | <p>Because some of the private betas are not active enough, it would be nice to talk about promoting our site.</p>
<p>Do you have any interesting proposals?</p>
| <p>Send private beta invites to some of your more technically-oriented friends, family, and acquaintances.</p>
|
23 | 2015-09-09T19:27:04.010 | Should we use [sound] or [audio]? | |discussion|status-completed|tags| | <p>I just asked a question with the <a href="https://hardwarerecs.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/audio" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged 'audio'" rel="tag">audio</a> tag, on top of an existing question using <a href="https://hardwarerecs.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/sound" class="post-tag... | <p>The <a href="https://hardwarerecs.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/sound" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged 'sound'" rel="tag">sound</a> tag has been remapped to <a href="https://hardwarerecs.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/audio" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged 'audio'... |
28 | 2015-09-09T20:40:32.467 | Are DIY hardware recommendations allowed? | |discussion| | <p>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 allowed on this website?</p>
<p>For example - "What are some good touchscreens for the Raspberry Pi?" or "What are som... | <p>Agree with <a href="https://hardwarerecs.meta.stackexchange.com/a/29/122">Undo</a>, would add that you can often find consumer packages for the Pi, Arduino and others (especially as they become more popular). That would also be a perfectly valid Q&A: i.e. what is a good starter kit for the Raspberry Pi 2, will ... |
30 | 2015-09-09T21:19:07.017 | What to do when a question has an answer in another SE? | |discussion| | <p>What to do when a question has an answer in another SE?</p>
<p>E.g. the question <a href="https://hardwarerecs.stackexchange.com/q/50/40">Should I find a processor with "hyper-threading?"</a>:</p>
<blockquote>
<p>The Intel Core i7 processor has a feature known as "hyper-threading."
Quoting their <a h... | <blockquote>
<p>the question should be closed</p>
</blockquote>
<p>No. The existence of a similar question on another Stack Exchange site has no bearing on the suitability of the question on this site.</p>
<blockquote>
<p>leave an answer with a link pointing to the other SE</p>
</blockquote>
<p>No. This is a que... |
37 | 2015-09-09T23:33:00.833 | How can we detect (and deal with) spam? | |discussion| | <p>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 giving the details of products that can help Person A.</p>
<p>The problem is that there is a bit of a hole here where ... | <p>On <a href="http://softwarerecs.stackexchange.com">Software Recommendations</a>, as a moderator, this is my approach: when I see something low-quality, I check it, and the user, for spam. Also, if I see a user promoting the same product or brand repeatedly, I'll check for spammyness.</p>
<p>If I see signs of associ... |
59 | 2015-09-10T17:03:07.617 | What is required for an answer to be 'high quality'? | |discussion|faq|answer-quality| | <p>Seeing +15/-0 consensus on <a href="https://hardwarerecs.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/1/should-we-have-sr-style-quality-guidelines-for-questions-and-answers">Should we have SR-style quality guidelines for questions and answers?</a>, I would say it's time to figure out what we require in answers.</p>
<p>What is ... | <blockquote>
<p>Copied from <a href="https://softwarerecs.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/356/what-is-required-for-an-answer-to-be-high-quality">https://softwarerecs.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/356/what-is-required-for-an-answer-to-be-high-quality</a> with major changes for Hardware Recommendations.</p>
</blockqu... |
61 | 2015-09-10T20:24:23.390 | Should we use: [GPU], [Graphics-Card], or [Video-Card]? | |discussion|tags| | <p>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.</p>
<p>Current Options:</p>
<ul>
<li><strong>[GPU]</strong> (Graphics Procsessing Unit)</li>
<li><strong>[Graphics-Card]</strong> or <st... | <p>After some thought I am leaning towards <strong>[GPU]</strong> for the following reasons:</p>
<ul>
<li><strong>[Video-Card]</strong> sounds like (although not true) it is only used for video editing and would not be used for games or 3D modeling.</li>
<li><strong>[Graphics-Card]</strong> is more inclusive than Vide... |
72 | 2015-09-11T17:24:37.437 | How long does it take to open public beta? | |discussion| | <p>How much time do we have before it launches to the public?</p>
| <p>We've extended the private betas to last about <strong>three weeks total.</strong> In actuality, if you call the initial launch "week one", the evaluations and discussion happen near the end of week three. We extended the private beta another week because the logistics of launching a private beta and getting everyon... |
77 | 2015-09-12T03:52:40.947 | Are hobby hardware questions on topic? | |discussion|scope| | <p>As a spin off from <a href="https://hardwarerecs.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/50/what-type-of-hardware-is-allowed">What type of hardware is allowed?</a>, I'd like to discuss an area that doesn't <em>exactly</em> fit into the answers provided there.</p>
<p>It is my understanding from the linked question that on ... | <p>In your case specifically, that drone has a (fairly sophisticated) computer <em>onboard</em>, and in many cases it's being controlled by a phone, tablet, etc. I'd say that alone makes it on-topic. </p>
<p>In a broader sense, though, it would make sense to me to allow thse 'hobbiest' questions. We naturally want pro... |
79 | 2015-09-12T06:19:32.317 | What is the right tag for a computer SMPS? power supply seems to be too generic | |discussion|tags|tagging| | <p>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 and generic as the power supply term can be applied to anything that supplies the power.</p>
<p>Can we consider the t... | <p>Tags are <em>meant</em> to be generic, so that questions in related subjects get grouped together. The place to specify further is in the question body.</p>
<p>With regard to SMPS, I'd say that the <a href="https://hardwarerecs.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/power-supply" class="post-tag" title="show questions ... |
82 | 2015-09-12T20:15:21.350 | Remove the [name] tag? | |discussion|status-completed|tags|tagging| | <p>Should we keep the <a href="https://hardwarerecs.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/name" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged 'name'" rel="tag">name</a> tag?<br>
The tag doesn't itself contain any information. Almost any post can have it.<br>
There's only <a href="https://hardwarerecs.stackexchang... | <p><a href="/questions/tagged/status-completed" class="post-tag moderator-tag" title="show questions tagged 'status-completed'" rel="tag">status-completed</a></p>
<p>Both the <a href="https://hardwarerecs.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/name" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged 'name'" rel... |
111 | 2015-09-14T18:21:58.657 | What should we do to keep "answered questions" ratio high? | |discussion| | <p>Referring to the information on Area51:</p>
<blockquote>
<p>90% answered is a healthy beta</p>
</blockquote>
<p>At this moment we have 70%.</p>
<ol>
<li>Should we give a bounty to others people questions?</li>
<li>How effectively get rid of bad questions to increase this ratio?</li>
</ol>
| <p>Adding on to <a href="https://hardwarerecs.meta.stackexchange.com/a/112/1">Andy's answer</a>, Software Recommendations recently graduated with an unheard of answer rate - 58%.</p>
<p>We were able to do it because we focused on <em>quality</em>, not quantity. See my answer <a href="https://softwarerecs.meta.stackexch... |
118 | 2015-09-16T13:14:50.857 | What kind of hardware requirements are off-topic? | |discussion|scope| | <p>I've this one:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://hardwarerecs.stackexchange.com/q/270/15">What are the PC hardware requirements for OS X to run on?</a></li>
</ul>
<p>and it's off-topic, however another one related to hardware requirements is on-topic:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://hardwarerecs.stackexchange.com/quest... | <p>Hardware Recommendations was created for questions seeking a <strong>*specific* hardware recommendation</strong> given a set of <em>definitive</em> requirements. The OS X question was off topic, but the multiple monitor question was salvageable. </p>
<p>If the question is about general computing and hardware issues... |
121 | 2015-09-16T17:27:58.930 | Do Amazon (or any vendor) reviews count as a gauge for recommendations? | |discussion|answer-quality| | <p>Can the hardware recommendations be justified/done taking Amazon reviews into account?</p>
<p>For example: Questions like <a href="https://hardwarerecs.stackexchange.com/questions/267/laptop-for-front-end-development">these</a> which has an answer where multiple recommendations end in a tie with respect to the OP's... | <p>I don't see any reason <em>not</em> to include Amazon reviews in an answer, but we have to remember: <strong>You should have personal experience with a product</strong> before you recommend it. </p>
<p>We shouldn't be a site that just searches for the title of the question and throws up an answer with a couple Amaz... |
145 | 2015-09-18T10:18:52.603 | Merge [hdd] into [hard-disk] | |discussion|status-completed|tags|tag-synonyms| | <p>I noticed my first question which I had tagged <a href="https://hardwarerecs.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/hard-disk" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged 'hard-disk'" rel="tag">hard-disk</a> got retagged as <a href="https://hardwarerecs.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/hdd" class="post-tag" ... | <p>Done. A tag synonym mapping <a href="https://hardwarerecs.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/hdd" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged 'hdd'" rel="tag">hdd</a> → <a href="https://hardwarerecs.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/hard-disk" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged 'hard-d... |
147 | 2015-09-18T13:36:19.083 | Are full tag names or abbreviations preferred? | |discussion|tags|tag-synonyms| | <p>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.</p>
<p>But which should be the canonical tag name and which should be the synonym?</p>
<p>Two previous meta quest... | <p>I don't think we're going to be able to come up with an effective rule to determine one way or the other. Sometimes it's logical to have the full name with the initialism as a synonym, other times it would just be silly.</p>
<p>For examples, these I think would be best suited as having the full name for the master ... |
158 | 2015-09-21T21:10:18.163 | Tag excerpt consistency | |discussion|tags| | <p>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.</p>
<p>For example, I recently added an excerpt to <a href="https://hardwarerecs.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/wearable-technology" class="po... | <p>A tag wiki excerpt is important. It's the bit of the tag info that comes up in the tag autocompletion box; thus, it's the bit of info that allows users to decide whether it's an appropriate tag.</p>
<p>The guidance in this question is useful guidance, and worth following. There are some additional points to make:</... |
161 | 2015-09-22T18:02:28.107 | How would you rate HR at this moment? | |discussion| | <p>How would you rate HR at this moment?</p>
<ol>
<li><p>Is the community active enough?</p></li>
<li><p>What problems may we encounter in the long run? </p></li>
<li><p>What do you especially like/dislike about this site?</p></li>
</ol>
| <p>Needs more voting on answers. This may imply a need for more expertise, I'm not sure.</p>
<p>Answers here require a lot of effort. But right now only 35 answers are scored higher than 6 - which isn't necessarily a bad thing, but in the private beta people <em>should be voting</em> as we figure out what is good/bad/... |
177 | 2015-09-23T23:19:34.627 | How to handle questions with too few requirements? | |discussion|question-quality|down-votes| | <p>After seeing a few questions listing very few requirements, I realize we never actually discussed what to do if there is a low-quality <em>question</em> in terms of soliciting an overly-broad product recommendation. </p>
<p>A lot of questions only list one or two broad requirement initially, but the comments to hel... | <p>One of the problems with closing a question is that review is slow to come, and I think people have a reasonable expectation of not waiting hours once they have reformulated their question. I hold the best option would be to make a comment that the question is too broad and tell them to revise it, then close the que... |
181 | 2015-09-24T10:36:18.287 | What should our logo and site design look like? | |discussion| | <p>As all we know many beta sites look the same and it would be nice to be distinguished somehow. </p>
<p>Jeff Atwood wrote a blog post about it:
<a href="http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2010/07/our-designer-in-residence-jin-yang/">http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2010/07/our-designer-in-residence-jin-yang/</a></p>
<p>May... | <p>You're in beta. Trust me, it will be a loooong time before you get out of it. Think about design when you go public, and then when you graduated.</p>
<p><a href="https://i.stack.imgur.com/7BhCS.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/7BhCS.png" alt="enter image description here"></a></p>
... |
196 | 2015-09-26T11:08:11.347 | Should questions like this be closed? | |discussion|questions|close-reasons| | <p>Recently, we had <a href="https://hardwarerecs.stackexchange.com/q/455/8">this question</a> about alternatives to the Raspberry Pi. It's answerable by a quick Google search, and by the <a href="https://hardwarerecs.meta.stackexchange.com/a/186/8">requirements for questions</a> that Robert Cartaino defined, is not sp... | <p>"Some alternatives" isn't a good fit for a Q/A.</p>
<p>There's no indication as to why the Raspberry Pi isn't a good fit, so... what is their actual question?</p>
|
203 | 2015-09-28T01:49:38.310 | How should we deal with questions asking about what hardware to use for something? | |discussion|questions| | <p><a href="https://hardwarerecs.stackexchange.com/q/463/155">This question</a> was just asked. The OP is asking about how to achieve something and needs a recommendation of what hardware to use in the first place rather than a recommendation of a certain product.</p>
<p>Firstly, at the time of writing this, the quest... | <p>As written, I think the question is broad. </p>
<p>The user has not provided much more to go on than a case brand and a vague reference to LinusTechTips. If I were to guess, I'd guess Linus Torvalds, but "tech tips" doesn't seem to be what he's know for. </p>
<p>"Can someone recommend a way to achieve this?" is no... |
205 | 2015-09-28T14:10:37.487 | What is required for a question to be 'high quality'? | |discussion|faq|questions|question-quality| | <p>This is the question version of <a href="https://hardwarerecs.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/59/what-is-required-for-an-answer-to-be-high-quality">What is required for an answer to be 'high quality'?</a></p>
<p><sub><em>(It is modeled off of <a href="https://softwarerecs.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/3... | <p>A question on Hardware Recommendations has <a href="https://hardwarerecs.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/139/is-a-scope-of-product-recommendations-pre-purchase-inquiries-agreeable">one of two goals</a>:</p>
<ul>
<li>A request for a product recommendation, OR</li>
<li>A request for information that will lead to a p... |
207 | 2015-09-28T14:27:01.940 | Merge [notebook] into [laptop] | |discussion|status-completed|tag-synonyms| | <p>I propose merging <a href="https://hardwarerecs.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/notebook" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged 'notebook'" rel="tag">notebook</a> into <a href="https://hardwarerecs.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/laptop" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged 'laptop... | <p>Done.</p>
<p>A synonym mapping <a href="https://hardwarerecs.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/notebook" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged 'notebook'" rel="tag">notebook</a> → <strong><a href="https://hardwarerecs.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/laptop" class="post-tag" title="show ques... |
211 | 2015-09-29T09:17:49.093 | Should location be required or recommended in questions? | |discussion|questions| | <p>I've seen this topic come up a few times here and there over the past week or two, but I guess no one asked yet.</p>
<p>Location can sometimes make a big difference in what hardware is available in a certain region, so my thinking is we should start strongly encouraging the inclusion of a general location (country ... | <p><strong>Recommended, not required.</strong></p>
<p>It's not absolutely essential to have the location in a question - unlike the specific requirements that we do mandate, location doesn't influence what product fits the poster's specification. For that reason, we shouldn't be <em>requiring</em> a location.</p>
<p>... |
226 | 2015-10-01T21:02:07.493 | Intel "Inside everywhere" | |discussion| | <p>Unusual question came up on our website:</p>
<p><a href="https://hardwarerecs.stackexchange.com/questions/498/tempest-proof-pc-notebook">https://hardwarerecs.stackexchange.com/questions/498/tempest-proof-pc-notebook</a></p>
<p>What do you think about questions like this? Can it be taken seriously?</p>
| <blockquote>
<p>Can it be taken seriously?</p>
</blockquote>
<p>Some people might be able to. I can't.</p>
<p>Speaking for this specific question... I don't know what he wants. A computer? A computer case? That is also a faraday cage? A computer... without a... processor? He hasn't defined what 'TEMPEST-proof' mean... |
238 | 2015-10-03T18:30:47.620 | How to avoid decreasing user activity? | |discussion| | <p>At this moment we have 59 visits/day (one of the lowest rates since the start of the private beta).</p>
<ol>
<li><p>When Community Promotion Ads can be launched?</p></li>
<li><p>How to encourage users to get involved?</p></li>
<li><p>Should we promote HR on Area51? I mean inviting users to participate and help us.<... | <p>There is an <a href="https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/227007/what-is-the-typical-growth-pattern-of-a-new-beta-site-in-the-first-few-weeks">excellent answer</a> by Gilles, on Meta.SE that talks about the growth pattern of a community. </p>
<p><a href="https://i.stack.imgur.com/LUOS5.png" rel="nofollow norefe... |
246 | 2015-10-05T03:30:02.770 | How do we feel about self-answering? | |discussion| | <p>As far as I know, we haven't had this happen yet, but <em>what if</em>? Would it be acceptable?</p>
<p>I ask this because to me there is a grey area in the posting guidelines when it comes to something like this. If this site is for asking <em>others</em> for recommendations, is it okay for <em>me</em> to recommend... | <p>Self-answers should be allowed for the simple reason that if people are truly searching for hardware that meets specified criteria, they are the ones that ultimately decide if their needs have been met and how they were best met. </p>
<p>If nobody responds to their question, or the answers are of poor quality (not... |
249 | 2015-10-05T17:16:57.063 | Merge [headset] into [headphone] | |discussion|status-declined|tag-synonyms| | <p><strong>I've retracted this request. enderland has explained the difference between the two pieces of hardware in his <a href="https://hardwarerecs.meta.stackexchange.com/a/250/57">answer</a> and why they shouldn't be merged. Now that I know the difference, I agree with his answer.</strong></p>
<p><strike>I propose... | <p>Headphones are distinct from headsets.</p>
<p>They might be related, and in some cases the same, but they do not serve the same primary purpose.</p>
<p>For example, nearly all headphones will not work as headsets. Making it a synonym seems inappropriate in this case.</p>
<p>A headset requires some sort of microp... |
251 | 2015-10-06T11:42:01.413 | How do we deal with the product photos? | |discussion| | <p>As all we know, copyrights may vary a lot. Do we want to make a general thread and collect permissions from various companies to show their photos? I do not mean individual images, only the whole collections. Sometimes they publish galleries with a huge collection of photos that can be very useful on our site. </p>
... | <p><strong>It is not our job, as a community, to police for copyright violations.</strong> We are not the owners of the copyright, thus we don't know how an image is "allowed" to be used.</p>
<p>There was a <a href="https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/94465/should-moderators-enforce-ndas-for-software-vendors">Met... |
258 | 2015-10-07T19:41:19.007 | Merge [monitor] into [display] | |discussion|status-declined|tags|tag-synonyms| | <p>I have been looking at tags to clean up, and I came across the tags <a href="https://hardwarerecs.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/displays" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged 'displays'" rel="tag">displays</a> (6 questions) and <a href="https://hardwarerecs.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/mo... | <p>There are a few ways I can see this working out.</p>
<p><em>Display</em> is essentially a synonym for <em>screen</em>, and a <em>monitor</em> is a type of <em>screen</em>, so <em>monitor</em> is already just a subset of <em>display</em>. So should we get rid of <a href="https://hardwarerecs.stackexchange.com/questi... |
265 | 2015-10-08T16:22:00.450 | What is Hardware? | |discussion|faq|scope| | <p>Not hardware, but Hardware.</p>
<p>We've <a href="https://hardwarerecs.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/139/is-a-scope-of-product-recommendations-pre-purchase-inquiries-agreeable">half-defined our scope</a>, thanks to Robert. The other half of defining our scope is an issue that's been sitting around since Day 1, a... | <p>I agree with @Undo's answer, but want to add a bit more to the on-topic section. I think things <em>related</em> to hardware should also be on-topic, <em>as long as it was specifically designed to be used with hardware</em>. Things like monitor stands, mouse pads, smartphone cases, styluses, laptop bags, etc. Obviou... |
275 | 2015-10-12T11:07:43.230 | How to deal with frequently fluctuating product prices? | |discussion| | <p>In <a href="https://hardwarerecs.stackexchange.com/a/613/102">this answer</a>, I linked to a product on Amazon to show that its price meets the question requirement. Two days later, the price dropped around 15USD. Luckily, in this case, it didn't contradict the question requirement, though now the price in the answe... | <p>Price fluctuation is the nature of retail and capitalism. The goal is always to make a buck and often times that buck comes at the expense of a competitor. </p>
<p>Our goal should be to answer the question <em>now</em> with prices <em>now</em>. You can mention that it is "on sale" at a certain retail location, but ... |
283 | 2015-10-13T15:06:25.010 | Proposal: Require computer specs to be posted in the question instead of behind a link | |discussion|question-quality| | <p>I'd like to propose a quality guideline to help prevent confusion in the future.</p>
<hr>
<h3>Proposal</h3>
<p>Users posting information about their computer need to have the components listed in the question itself not behind a link. </p>
<hr>
<h3>Reasoning</h3>
<p>Other areas of Stack Exchange require all de... | <p>A policy? <strong>Absolutely</strong>. However, I'm not sure about whether we need a custom close reason for this - I'd want to see this happen consistently before we burn a close reason on it. </p>
<p>Otherwise, let's just close these as unclear. I have a simple test I run every question and answer through: If I c... |
286 | 2015-10-14T17:24:26.223 | Questions about cloud virtual machines allowed? | |discussion|questions| | <p>Will questions asking about using certain virtual machines for a particular use case be allowed? </p>
<p>Like this:</p>
<p>"I'm implementing a cache with X key and Y value, where Y will never exceed 1kb, and there will never be more than 1000000 items in the cache. Would a memory-intensive vm be okay, or can I s... | <p>I think questions specifically about VMs are off topic. VMs are nothing more than software, and software is obviously off topic here. The exception, if you can even call it that, is asking about <em>what hardware a VM will use or run off of</em>.</p>
<p>You need a computer of some kind to run a VM, so asking about ... |
293 | 2015-10-18T02:42:14.857 | Should we have a close reason for technical support questions? | |discussion|status-completed|close-reasons| | <p>We've gotten several questions that have been technical support type questions:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://hardwarerecs.stackexchange.com/questions/695/cant-be-established-connection-with-internet-whats-up">https://hardwarerecs.stackexchange.com/questions/695/cant-be-established-connection-with-internet-whats-up<... | <p>I suggest the following wording for such a close reason</p>
<blockquote>
<p><strong>Technical support request</strong></p>
<p>Questions asking about <strong>troubleshooting hardware or technical support for hardware</strong> are off-topic for Hardware Recommendations. We are here to provide pre-purchase hard... |
297 | 2015-10-21T03:46:29.307 | Re-write dumbphone question, or ask new question? | |discussion|questions| | <p>(Not sure if this is the right place to ask, but I <em>believe</em> it is? Please feel free to tell me otherwise, and I can move/remove this question if necessary. Also, please feel free to add/remove tags - I haven't used Meta before, and I'm not sure what tags would go well here.)</p>
<p>Relating to my question <a... | <p>There are a few scenarios in which it's perfectly fine to edit your question.</p>
<ul>
<li>If there are no answers.<br>
With no answers, you won't invalidate any answers by editing your question (which is generally why substantial edits are discouraged).</li>
<li>If you're not changing the basic premise.<br>
If you... |
302 | 2015-10-24T18:25:16.837 | Should we have a 'blatantly off-topic' custom close reason? | |discussion|close-reasons| | <p>We got a <a href="https://hardwarerecs.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/189/should-we-have-a-custom-too-broad-off-topic-reason#comment516_189">custom close reason for unclear questions</a> - yay!</p>
<p>However, when we got this it deactivated the 'standard' blatantly off-topic reason, thereby making us have to use... | <p><sup><em>Sorry, I jumped the gun and have to retract my answer at the bottom of this post.</em></sup></p>
<p>When a question is off topic (but not covered by a custom reason), the proper course of action is to select 'other' which will ask you explain <em>why</em> the question should be closed… which will al... |
315 | 2015-10-26T18:05:23.380 | Should we delete things that don't match our criteria? | |discussion|question-quality|answer-quality| | <p>It was <a href="https://hardwarerecs.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/1/should-we-have-sr-style-quality-guidelines-for-questions-and-answers">proposed</a>, then it was implemented for <a href="https://hardwarerecs.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/205/what-is-required-for-a-question-to-be-high-quality">questions</a> ... | <p>In my ideal world, we would <em>warn</em> people that post these through comments, then exactly <em>x</em> hours later delete their answer if they hadn't heeded the warning.</p>
<p>In real life, though, this didn't work. In the early days of SR, I had a big Trello sheet of answers that needed deleted at what times.... |
325 | 2015-10-26T19:56:10.910 | Help! What's on-topic here? | |discussion|help-center|scope| | <p>When people arrive at our site, they'll be directed to /help/on-topic for guidance about what's on-topic here. Said page currently contains basically nothing useful; I can tell you that without even looking at it.</p>
<p>However, we have moderators now, and we can edit that page. So - what should it say?</p>
<p>Pr... | <p>How about this, adapted from our <a href="https://hardwarerecs.meta.stackexchange.com/a/206/1">question quality guidelines</a>?:</p>
<p>On-topic:</p>
<blockquote>
<ul>
<li>a recommendation for hardware to perform a specific task, or</li>
<li>information that will lead to a purchase decision</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Not... |
336 | 2015-10-28T13:48:24.807 | What should I do if a question is answered via email? | |support|answers| | <p>I recently asked <a href="https://hardwarerecs.stackexchange.com/questions/894/system-upgrade-for-a-small-home-server">System upgrade for a small home-server?</a> , and someone answered the question via email:</p>
<p><a href="https://i.stack.imgur.com/dESXo.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.stack.i... | <p>If they don't answer the question in a reasonable period of time<sup>*</sup>, I'd post what they sent you as a community wiki answer, if you feel it answers your question. You should also expand on the answer at little, as there aren't a lot of details <em>why</em> it answers your question. There may be snippets of ... |
343 | 2015-10-29T18:19:24.263 | Do we still want general advice questions? | |discussion|faq|scope|questions| | <p>Prompted by <a href="https://hardwarerecs.stackexchange.com/questions/940/choosing-ips-screen-for-laptop">this question</a>.</p>
<p>A long time ago, <a href="https://hardwarerecs.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/4/are-what-should-i-consider-when-buying-questions-allowed">we decided</a> that "what should I consider"... | <p>Personally, I say <strong>no</strong>. I'll reiterate several reasons for that that I've made over the past few days.</p>
<ul>
<li><p><strong>They go out of date too quickly.</strong><br>
Robert Cartaino has <a href="https://hardwarerecs.meta.stackexchange.com/a/446/8">explained why</a> that's not usually a valid r... |
346 | 2015-11-02T14:39:16.540 | Could we have a 'no research effort' close/flag reason? | |discussion|feature-request|status-declined|close-reasons| | <p>Some <a href="https://hardwarerecs.stackexchange.com/questions/987/local-network-web-server">questions are decent but lack research effort</a>:</p>
<p><a href="https://i.stack.imgur.com/VZE0n.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/VZE0n.png" alt="enter image description here"></a></p>
<... | <p>Stack Exchange already has a tool for questions that lack research effort.</p>
<p><a href="https://i.stack.imgur.com/7CZw0.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/7CZw0.png" alt="downvote tooltip screenshot"></a></p>
<p>If you think a question lacks research effort, downvote it.</p>
<p>... |
356 | 2015-11-04T01:57:30.200 | Delete is a last resort, not a first response | |discussion|deleted-answers| | <p>I'm new to this particular stackexchange, and admittedly my first answer was not quite in keeping with the general expectations. That's not my point.</p>
<p>The specific answer is here:
<a href="https://hardwarerecs.stackexchange.com/questions/1036/low-power-draw-hd-resolution-video-card/1042#1042">Low-power-draw ... | <p>To address your specific request here right off:</p>
<p>In <a href="https://hardwarerecs.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/315/should-we-delete-things-that-dont-match-our-criteria">Should we delete things that don't match our criteria?</a>, we talked over what the deletion policies should be. Here, they are simi... |
358 | 2015-11-04T04:03:34.547 | Should we allow software alternatives to hardware requests to be "valid" answers? | |discussion|status-completed|answer-quality| | <p>Do we allow alternatives to the requested hardware to remain as valid answers? I believe we allow a wide variety of hardware to be an "answer". Not all of the hardware can fulfill all requirements, thus we keep the alternatives around to allow the OP to determine which features they want/don't want.</p>
<p>What if ... | <p>Sometimes the answer to a hardware question <em>is</em> software. For example, one answer to "I want a low-budget computer-connected oscilloscope for measuring signals in the kilohertz range" could be "this software oscilloscope permits using your computer's microphone jack as an input".</p>
<p>A pure-software ans... |
363 | 2015-11-07T03:45:33.563 | Differences from SuperUser | |discussion| | <p>Unfortunately a lot of questions here are about Hardware <strong>support</strong> as well as shopping. These questions belong on SuperUser. How do we prevent users from asking questions? How can we as a whole improve on this situation?</p>
| <p>I'm an SU mod. And well, I suggest that the best way to deal with this is the <em>same way</em> we would deal with questions that belong on SR or HW - close em. Keep closing em. </p>
<p>If its a great and glorious question that causes the heavens to open up and have a single sunbeam shine down on how awesome it is,... |
366 | 2015-11-07T12:22:03.943 | How can I make my question clearer? | |discussion|question-quality| | <p>A few days ago I <a href="https://hardwarerecs.stackexchange.com/questions/1054/4g-router-for-home-use">asked this question</a>.</p>
<p>It hasn't received much attention other than a few upvotes (<em>with a single downvote the same time as the downvoted answer was upvoted</em>), and the OP of the answer doesn't see... | <p>In my opinion, your question is good as it is now. It makes clear what you want - and what you don't want - and specifies it nicely. I don't think there's any action necessary on your part to clear the question up. The fact that it's not getting answers isn't necessarily indicative of problems, either - being a <em>... |
369 | 2015-11-11T19:18:54.213 | How do we encourage new users to stay on topic? | |discussion| | <p>11 of the last 12 questions are on hold for being off topic. </p>
<p>What can we do to encourage users to stay on topic? </p>
<p>Is there any indication that the authors of these off topic questions are returning to make edits? Are we scaring new users away by closing questions quickly (in less than a minute in at... | <p>I have to say we <em>are</em> scaring new users away by closing questions quickly.</p>
<p>As Robert briefly discussed in his answer, these new users (at least half of them so far) have never used this site before and usually do not yet understand how everything works and what is required of them. Having your first ... |
379 | 2015-11-18T15:19:06.723 | Comment removal philosophy | |discussion|comments|flagging| | <p>I really hate to ask this, because it's about a single comment flag, but can we get some clarification on what the moderators consider good vs bad comments?</p>
<p>I am asking because a flag I had on the following comment was declined:</p>
<blockquote>
<p>I'm sorry, why do you disapprove of this answer, downvote... | <p>I was the one who declined the flag on that comment.</p>
<p>At the time, the comment appeared to ask a perfectly legitimate question, which it still does, but I see how it is definitely noise. I guess this was a single case where I confused general noise with something that could be helpful.</p>
<p>I'll remove the... |
386 | 2015-11-28T00:03:56.200 | Recommendations for digital camera with very specific features on topic? | |discussion| | <p>I am looking for a digital camera with very specific features. It would be hooked up to a computer on a regular basis to view/download images/videos.</p>
<p>Would this be on topic here?</p>
<p>I've read <a href="https://hardwarerecs.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/265/what-is-hardware">What is Hardware?</a> and ... | <p>I'd say yes.</p>
<p>A digital camera performs more than one meaningful task on its own, and is operated by a user. I therefore see it as a PCP as defined in the "What is Hardware?" post.</p>
<p>Even better, given you've got "very specific requirements" - as always, the more specific you can be, the better.</p>
|
392 | 2015-12-04T23:28:22.243 | Are questions about acceptable hardware for given OS on topic | |discussion|scope| | <p>I am looking at replacing my home server and trying to understand how a specific CPU will perform in my environment with a specific OS. Are such questions on-topic?</p>
<p>For more clarity, my question is roughly (although I would expand some details so as not to keep important info hidden behind links obviously):... | <p>Im not a big moderator or some guy like that, but in my opinion, yes. </p>
<p>I'll say it like this: </p>
<p>You're looking for a banana peeler. However, you need to peel magical bananas that are only available to use with one certain type of peeler. You therefore ask for a peeler that will work well with this m... |
395 | 2015-12-10T16:38:24.083 | Question deletion policy? | |discussion|deleted-questions| | <p>How do we want to handle deletion of questions? We have a <a href="https://hardwarerecs.stackexchange.com/search?page=2&tab=relevance&q=closed%3A1">decent</a> number of closed questions. Do some of these need to be removed completely?</p>
<p>Now that I've made it to 2K and several others are getting closer,... | <p>See: <a href="https://hardwarerecs.meta.stackexchange.com/a/319/8">Undo's answer</a> to <a href="https://hardwarerecs.meta.stackexchange.com/q/315/8">a previous meta question on this topic</a>.</p>
<p>In that answer, Undo sets out what he thinks we should do with low-quality or off-topic questions - along similar p... |
414 | 2016-01-31T05:46:31.810 | Is there a decent, real, question we can use in the Tour? | |discussion|tour| | <p>On the <a href="https://hardwarerecs.stackexchange.com/tour">tour</a> page, our example question is currently about unicorns and daisies. Do we have any questions that are eligible for replacing this placeholder? If so, could we use that instead?</p>
<p>As an aside, the example answer is wrong. The correct answer i... | <p>This is the same issue that <a href="https://softwarerecs.meta.stackexchange.com/q/888">Software Recommendations faced</a>: the site's expectations of questions/answers are pretty much incompatible with those of the Tour. In two years of existence, they got <a href="http://data.stackexchange.com/softwarerecs/query/9... |
421 | 2016-02-04T12:45:53.297 | Should we edit the sidebar text on the ask page? | |discussion|closed-questions|asking-questions| | <p>As you <a href="https://hardwarerecs.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/419/what-can-we-do-about-technical-support-questions">may have seen</a>, we have an issue with technical support questions.</p>
<p>One of the various solutions that has been discussed (proposed in chat and in a meta answer by Andy) is to edit the ... | <p>Ok, I took Andy & Art's proposal and hammered on it until it fit into the sidebar with only a minimal amount of ugly wrapping:</p>
<blockquote>
<p>Questions here get better answers when you…</p>
<ul>
<li>…show us what you've done and why it hasn't worked for you</li>
<li>…list <stron... |
436 | 2016-02-27T21:59:01.287 | What should define a question as too broad, the number of requirments or the number of possible solutions? | |discussion| | <p>A question can still have more than 10 requirements and too many or easy to find answers.</p>
<p>In the same time, a question with only 2 requirements might don’t have any existing device at all or at least very unlikely to exist <em>(for example <a href="http://area51.stackexchange.com/proposals/65287/hardware-rec... | <p>I don't think it can be that clear cut. It has to be a combination of both. The number of requirements has a correlation to the number of products available matching the specification - it's not a causal relationship, but more general.</p>
<ul>
<li>Few requirements are often the signal of a broad question. These ne... |
438 | 2016-02-28T12:10:10.297 | Under what close vote questions with a scope too narrrow to help other readers? | |discussion|close-reasons|vote-to-close| | <p>Unlike many sites, we don’t have a close reason for such questions. While some will arg this isn’t ok by the design of the stack exchange network, many sites like security.se accept such questions in certain circumstances <em>(in the case of security typicall a particular ᴄᴠᴇ)</em>.</p>
<p>so for such questions are... | <p>Narrow questions should not be closed just because they are narrow; on the contrary, narrow questions are <em>exactly</em> what all our guidance on asking questions is focused on achieving.</p>
<p>Narrow questions are generally characterised by a well-defined and well-specified product request, which is what we wan... |
450 | 2016-03-08T16:09:32.553 | Moderator Review - How are we doing? | |discussion|moderators| | <p>Since the start of my tenure here, I've been pretty proactive with closures and deletions, and most of my actions have generally been quite visible.</p>
<p>Now, while nobody's raised any serious complaints about what I do, I haven't had any other feedback either - and now I'd like to get some. So it's time to revie... | <p>I'll provide some feedback for each of you:</p>
<ul>
<li>ArtOfCode</li>
</ul>
<p>I see your name on many closed questions. I agree with almost all of them, and those that I don't I believe I've provided feedback either in the question or on Meta. In all of those cases, you've provided good feedback. </p>
<p>You'v... |
453 | 2016-03-17T06:07:47.450 | Why was this edit rejected? | |discussion| | <p>I fixed the typo in the title, and corrected the units. However, the edit was <a href="https://hardwarerecs.stackexchange.com/review/suggested-edits/1854">rejected</a>. </p>
<p>The [standard] reason given doesn't really seem to apply:</p>
<blockquote>
<p>This edit does not make the post even a little bit easier ... | <p>I recently drafted up a guide for a 3rd party about when to edit posts. It included this brief passage:</p>
<blockquote>
<ul>
<li><strong>Make titles clear</strong><br>
Sometimes folks are hesitant to edits something others have written, but titles carry a bit more importance than making someone's copy clear.... |
464 | 2016-04-06T19:21:11.240 | Are build requests on-topic? | |discussion|scope|question-quality| | <p>Are questions like </p>
<blockquote>
<p>"I want to build a gaming computer that does a b c and also does x y z for less than $___"?</p>
</blockquote>
<p>on topic here? Or do they have to be recommendations about an already existing list of hardware that the OP provides such as...</p>
<blockquote>
<p>"I'm buil... | <p>I propose that for consistency's sake, custom PCs <em>taken as a single piece of hardware</em> really need to be part of the site's scope. There are some negative consequences I can think of which, in my view, heavily outweigh the benefits of excluding questions and answers which potentially deal with custom PCs, an... |
465 | 2016-04-06T19:28:45.660 | on-topic meta tag? | |discussion|feature-request|tags| | <p>Should we have a tag for requesting if something is [on-topic]?</p>
<p>There are multiple meta posts here asking if things are on-topic...</p>
<ul>
<li><p><a href="https://hardwarerecs.meta.stackexchange.com/q/457/2208">Are batteries on-topic?</a></p></li>
<li><p><a href="https://hardwarerecs.meta.stackexchange.co... | <p>The <a href="/questions/tagged/scope" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged 'scope'" rel="tag">scope</a> meta tag is used for questions of topicality.</p>
|
481 | 2016-04-26T21:17:16.310 | I want to recommend 2 products: should I leave one or two answers? | |discussion|answers| | <p>(This question is basic but I couldn't find the answer skimming through meta.)</p>
<p>I read a question, and I want to recommend 2 products that seem to match the requirements: should I leave one or two answers?</p>
<p>In the software recommendation Stack Exchange website, typically 1 answer contains 1 program onl... | <p>I'm not sure about this solution (but like I was asked I divided <a href="https://hardwarerecs.stackexchange.com/a/2596/1366">my answer</a> to two separate answers). There is many answers which recommend not one but many products in different price ranges (best in price) or in different technologies (for bigger comp... |
494 | 2016-05-23T17:13:36.327 | Do questions that ask us to identify a type of hardware qualify as pre-purchase? | |discussion|scope| | <p>I've just closed <a href="https://hardwarerecs.stackexchange.com/questions/2778/noise-isolating-earbuds-vs-isolation-earphone-tips">this question</a> because it asks us what type of hardware would be a better solution to the problem the OP is having.</p>
<p>I've been doing the same with similar questions that ask u... | <p>I've wondered about this myself, and I think it might be worthwhile to accept questions of this type, as long as they are specific enough about what the hardware will be used <em>for.</em></p>
<p>"Which brand of CPU is better: Intel or AMD?" is certainly too broad, but "I'm building a PC that I will be using to dev... |
497 | 2016-05-27T09:18:47.907 | Can/should we have a question interstitial for extra guidance? | |discussion|closed-questions|asking-questions| | <p>On new private beta sites, you can't ask a question without first going through an interstitial screen that gives you advice on how to ask during the private beta.</p>
<p>I recently <a href="https://meta.stackexchange.com/q/279661/262823">did a micro-study</a> into usability issues for first-time users on Stack Exc... | <p>The TL;DR of this answer is: I question how much value it will add. However, I'm not opposed to it - mostly because <em>I</em> wouldn't be hit with it. Selfish? Yes. Potentially quality improving? Also yes.</p>
<hr>
<p>Let's use the Stack Overflow interstitial as a discussion point (because we, apparently, don't h... |
499 | 2016-06-06T13:13:46.297 | Moderator attention needed | |discussion| | <p>I'm not sure if this is on topic here, please suggest better place if not. If I may, I'd like to ask @Adam and @Undo to review this. </p>
<p>I've asked 2 questions today, both of them are put on hold by @ArtOfCode and downvoted, which I'm not sure is justified.</p>
<p><a href="https://hardwarerecs.stackexchange.co... | <h2>Reasoning</h2>
<p>I didn't just close your questions because I felt like it; there were reasons for each closure. Here they are.</p>
<ul>
<li><p><a href="https://hardwarerecs.stackexchange.com/q/3844/8"><strong>Sell GTX 980 in favour of RX 480?</strong></a><br>
I closed this as <em>primarily opinion based</em>. I... |
516 | 2016-07-18T20:53:44.930 | Good Sites for CPU Reference? | |discussion|resources| | <p>One of the more difficult areas to make decent recommendations with any degree of speed is in the CPU department, especially now that we are entering an era where not everything is so x86, clock-speed -centric. The old x86 architecture is not only increasingly diverse within its own ranks, but is also now seeing com... | <p>These are some of the benchmarks that I use.</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://3dmark.com/search" rel="nofollow">3DMark</a> benchmark (physics with same GPU)</li>
<li><a href="http://cbscores.com/" rel="nofollow">Cinebench</a> scores</li>
<li><a href="http://www.anandtech.com/bench/CPU/39" rel="nofollow">Anandtech gener... |
542 | 2016-08-15T11:32:44.437 | Is Where To Buy A Custom Laptop On Topic? | |discussion| | <p>I am looking for a quite specific set of specs in a laptop and the usual suspects can't meet my requirements.</p>
<p>Is it on topic to ask for sites/manufacturers that do full custom builds?</p>
| <p>Asking for <em>where</em> to buy is off-topic. Asking for <em>what</em> to buy is on-topic.</p>
<p>Questions that are on-topic for this site ask for a recommendation of a piece of hardware, based on a specific set of requirements. Your first paragraph here sounds a lot like that - <em>quite a specific set of specs ... |
545 | 2016-08-15T21:31:09.107 | How to delete a subprofile? | |support| | <p>How do I completely remove myself from Hardware Recommendations? To be clear I want to stay on all the other Stack Exchange sites, except this one?</p>
<p>I do not agree with the current moderation and don't want to waste my time and anyone else's at the same time.</p>
| <p>Use the <a href="https://hardwarerecs.meta.stackexchange.com/contact">contact us</a> link in the footer of the site, and select "I need to delete my user profile".</p>
<p>Your account will be added to a deletion queue by the Stack Exchange staff, and will be removed after a period of time, if you don't manually can... |
556 | 2016-09-02T09:55:27.277 | Make it clear in the tour that Super User may be an alternative place to ask | |discussion|tour| | <p>I asked a question two days ago. I did assume I was scratching the edges of the site’s scope, but I didn’t know at the time it was actually outside scope. I do realise that now and I also understand the accompanying downvote I got. No offences in the way my question was handled.</p>
<p>However, I was rather baffled... | <p>I thought we'd already done this, but apparently we hadn't.</p>
<p>I've added a note that Super User may be suitable both at the top of the <a href="/help">help center</a> and under the "don't ask about..." section of the <a href="/tour">tour</a>.</p>
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558 | 2016-09-09T13:41:07.770 | Can we be more helpful? | |discussion|scope| | <p>I just wanted to remind everyone that this site is in a tricky position with only 1000 questions in one year. I think that, <strong>in the interest of building a critical mass of content and active users we should always err on the side of inclusiveness when flagging questions</strong>.</p>
<p>One heuristic that m... | <p>I think it's well on the way to dying the death, and good riddance, based on the ham-handed, non-reading the answer, just delete (thus eliminating the ability of anyone but the ham-handed moderator that does not read even making a comment) "moderation" behavior I've seen here in the past couple of days. </p>
<p>Cle... |
560 | 2016-09-16T14:07:27.470 | How do we handle suggested edits that remove links to retailers? | |discussion|editing| | <p>I came across this <a href="https://hardwarerecs.stackexchange.com/review/suggested-edits/4116">suggested edit</a>.</p>
<p>The edit description states:</p>
<blockquote>
<p>advertisement redacted</p>
</blockquote>
<p>Then only change was to remove mentions of a link to <code>tokopedia.com</code>. Note that this ... | <p>I agree. I don't see any reason to remove links unless there's <em>actually evidence</em> that they are spam. I can't find any in this case.</p>
<p>And if there <em>is</em> evidence, this should be handled with a moderator flag. Not a suggested edit. </p>
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563 | 2016-09-30T16:06:33.113 | my question was put on hold apparently without too much of a thinking | |support| | <p><a href="https://hardwarerecs.stackexchange.com/questions/5871/building-a-computer-science-lab">Building a computer science lab</a></p>
<p>I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong here, it looks like cold war to me. The question was initially put on hold because it was "too broad". I was just asking about the minimal hard... | <p>You seem to have a few different complaints. I'll try to hit them all:</p>
<h3>Thank you is removed</h3>
<p>"Thank you", and other salutations, tag lines, and signatures <a href="https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/131009/what-should-i-keep-out-of-my-posts-and-titles">don't belong in posts.</a> This type of t... |
566 | 2016-10-01T19:17:27.427 | Canon questions and answers | |discussion|resources| | <p>I'm recently started to design a high-end desktop from scratch. Since I haven't done anything like that in a long time, I've been scouring this site for relevant question.</p>
<p>The thing is, the good questions are buried beneath the rest. And I got the distinct feeling I'm actually looking for meta questions, lik... | <p>If you're looking for questions that give general advice on "what to look for when buying X hardware", you're out of luck. Questions of that type have been <a href="https://hardwarerecs.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/343/do-we-still-want-general-advice-questions">off-topic since Oct 29 '15</a>.</p>
<p>There are s... |
590 | 2016-12-15T03:48:30.270 | Users who constantly ask questions without sufficient information | |discussion| | <p>I am posting this, in reference to <a href="https://hardwarerecs.stackexchange.com/questions/6432/i-want-a-cost-effective-replacement-for-my-cpu/6436?noredirect=1#comment10144_6436">this question</a>.</p>
<p>I have seen several questions from this user that don't quite give enough information, and when comments are... | <p>We've noticed this pattern too, and have been addressing it with the user directly. There's not much more I can say about that, unfortunately.</p>
<p>In general, this kind of pattern usually results in a moderator engaging the user concerned in private and pointing them towards useful resources, while encouraging t... |
606 | 2017-03-04T02:21:30.417 | Are storage crates for hard drives on topic? | |discussion|scope| | <p>Referencing <a href="https://hardwarerecs.stackexchange.com/questions/6939/looking-for-a-storage-case-for-multiple-hard-drives?noredirect=1#comment11695_6939">this question</a>.</p>
<p>Guy is asking about where to store unused drives.</p>
<p>My understanding of current scope is that questions concerning electronic... | <p>Agree. Your understanding is correct in my view; what's being requested here is analogous to a desk - important for computing, yes, but out of scope for this site.</p>
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608 | 2017-03-06T21:40:51.460 | Requests for hardware for prank/ possible malicious use? | |discussion| | <p><a href="https://hardwarerecs.stackexchange.com/questions/1286/usb-rubber-ducky-alternative">This question</a> got bumped to the front page.</p>
<p>From the way it is worded, it is clear that the OP is looking for hardware that can be used for a prank device, but claims not to be looking to use it for malicious pur... | <p>Yes, these are on topic. </p>
<p>It is <strong>not</strong> our job to determine malicious intent. If the question meets the criteria we've <a href="https://hardwarerecs.meta.stackexchange.com/a/266/57">set out</a>, then it is on topic. A "prank" device can meet all of our requirements (electronic and primarily a c... |
623 | 2017-09-13T17:12:20.543 | Are questions regarding PLC's, associated motors and other peripherals on-topic? | |discussion|scope|questions| | <p>As given in <a href="https://hardwarerecs.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/50/what-type-of-hardware-is-allowed">this question</a> and the most up-voted answer, it's suggested that PLC-related questions <em>may</em> be on-topic. However, upon reading the <a href="https://hardwarerecs.stackexchange.com/tour">tour</a>,... | <p>The <a href="https://hardwarerecs.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/265/what-is-hardware">latter meta question</a> that you referred to is our current canonical definition of scope. Undo's answer provides a very nicely quotable definition:</p>
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<p>Hardware is any <strong>primarily electronic item</strong>... |
625 | 2017-11-08T21:04:37.967 | Are shopping questions on-topic? | |support| | <p>I'm wanting some clarification on whether the following questions are on-topic: </p>
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<li><p>What are some good places to buy <em>x</em>?</p></li>
<li><p>What is the cheapest place to buy <em>x</em>? </p></li>
<li><p>Is <em>x</em> a good place to shop at? (for determining whether certain websites are trustworth... | <p>In general, no.</p>
<p>"What are some good places to buy <em>x</em>?" is both a list question and opinion-based. Neither type of question does very well on StackExchange; a question that combines the two would do extremely poorly.</p>
<p>"What is the cheapest place to buy <em>x</em>?" is subject to change without... |
627 | 2017-12-01T15:10:48.010 | Are questions relating to battery drills off topic | |discussion| | <p>I need to drill out the holes on some sunon cooling fans as they are just that little bit too narrow.</p>
<p>I've been looking at various drills but cannot decide. Most battery drills contain resistor/ electronics.</p>
<p>Are drills off topic and if so is there another stack to which I should go?</p>
| <p>They're off-topic. You might ask on the <a href="https://diy.stackexchange.com/">Home Improvement</a> site; they've got a <a href="https://diy.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/tools">tools</a> tag.</p>
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630 | 2018-03-28T18:08:59.227 | Is this site going to die in beta? | |discussion| | <p>I posted as a new user today <a href="https://hardwarerecs.stackexchange.com/questions/9016/memory-upgrade-suggestions-by-crucial">Memory upgrade suggestions by Crucial</a> .</p>
<p>Only 2 views for the question so far in 10 hours (Normally this should be reached to more people at least from the first post review q... | <p>It is very true that the participation stats of this site aren't the highest on the network. (They're also not the lowest, though.) However, that's not a problem, nor does it mean we're going to die in beta, and <a href="https://meta.stackexchange.com/q/257614/262823">this is why</a>.</p>
<p>Essentially, <strong>st... |
632 | 2018-04-22T17:52:11.253 | Is it on-topic to ask about wearables (smart watch, wristband)? | |discussion| | <p>I've read <a href="https://hardwarerecs.meta.stackexchange.com/a/266/9185">this answer (to <em>What is Hardware</em>)</a> and saw the PCP examples, but I still don't have an answer for my question.</p>
<p>From those two examples (and especially their explanation in brackets) I tend to believe that it does count as ... | <p>Well smart watches typically interface with a phone (PCP) and is more or less, a fairly fancy peripheral. </p>
<p>They're also distinct enough that they'd probably make for a good question. I'm going to cheat a lot, and <a href="https://meta.superuser.com/questions/2324/in-defense-of-obscure-niche-hardware-recommen... |
634 | 2018-08-22T19:35:29.240 | On topic : Raspberry Pi accessories? | |discussion|scope| | <p>I have found a few old Kickstart projects, such as <a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/geekroo/pipeye-an-advanced-battery-hat-to-power-your-raspb/posts/1323876" rel="nofollow noreferrer">this</a>, which consist of a case (not on-topic), containing a Real Time Clock and battery power for the Pi.</p>
<p>Som... | <p>Yes, that sounds on topic to me:</p>
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<p>Hardware is any primarily electronic item that can perform more than one task, designed to interface with, connect to, or be, a primary computing platform in day-to-day operation.</p>
<p>A primary computing platform is any primarily electronic item that ca... |
638 | 2018-11-09T04:58:53.340 | Should we encourage users not to leave answers as comments? | |discussion|comments|unanswered-questions| | <p>I just joined this site today. After looking through the first page of questions, I see that many of the questions are answered, but just as a comment (see end of post for list). I understand that even though this is not recommended, there are reasons why users do not wish to post a full answer. Is it worth it do... | <p>I think I should also mention that this site is in Beta. What does that have to do with your question? Glad you asked.</p>
<p>Beta sites are judged on it's performance. Part of that consideration is the <strong>answer ratio</strong> - the number of questions that contain an answer. As of writing this post - this ra... |
651 | 2019-05-29T09:00:47.360 | Can I ask a similar question that already exists but it's outdated? | |discussion| | <p>I'm in need of a new microphone and while searching for that tag I found this <a href="https://hardwarerecs.stackexchange.com/q/169/9356">high-scored</a> question.</p>
<p>The question body is almost the same to my situation but I have a bigger budget (60€-70€) and I have a desktop (so I can install a external sound... | <p>You should be okay to ask your new question. We understand that 1, hardware changes all the time and 2, not everyone has the exact same requirements. </p>
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653 | 2019-06-22T18:09:47.827 | Should we really encourage cross-posting? | |discussion| | <p>Cross-posting is strongly discouraged on some Stack Exchange sites, such as <a href="https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/">SoftwareEngineering.SE</a>. There:</p>
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<li><p>If the question appears to belong to another site (which happens quite often with questions which should be on Stack Overflow), user... | <p>Two separate issues here: that comment, and cross-posting in general.</p>
<p>As to the former - that comment is <em>not</em> an invitation to the user to cross-post their question. It's a comment indicating that the question is <em>off-topic</em> here and should/will be closed; if the asker chooses to re-post it on... |
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