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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Tagging with brand-names
I've been looking at how we've been using tags for things that are brand-specific. In my mind the vast majority of our tags should be generic, with specific brand names only used where specified in ...
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Image Stabilization or Vibration Reduction
Just wondering if we want to have just one tag for Image Stabilization/Vibration Reduction/Vibration Compensation/Optical Stabilisation.
I think we should have just the one, and I think it should ...
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Questions About Flickr: on vs. off topic
Thoughts on whether questions about Flickr (specifically about certain features/functionality) would be on or off topic for the site?
I would think it's on-topic, but it's not strictly about the ...
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Single vs Multiple answers
Here's a question that has been answered with lists:
What are must have accessories?
Is this 'good', or would this be a 'better' way to ask this question:
If you see an accessory you think is a must,...
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Photo location tips: on or off topic?
Inspired by this question: What are some of the best spots in New York City to take really good pictures?
Are posts that ask for photo location tips on or off topic?
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Color vs Colour (and other words with similar multiple spellings)
How should the US vs UK color (mis)spelling be handled? I've already seen both several times, and I can foresee this being a big issue with doubled tags.
I for one vote for sticking to color instead ...
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Questions that are already answered by other online resources
What I like about stack overflow was that it was a great resource to go to when you cannot find the answer to your question by spending some time searching the web. I think that having questions on ...
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"Photographic Editing" in the site name
When digital age people talk about "photographic editing" then they usually mean manipulating the image in Photoshop or similar software, while the older generation perceives this as choosing photos/...
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lens vs. lenses
We currently have lens and lenses tags. "Lens" seems to be more used, and yesterday I've tried moving ~5 questions from "lenses" to "lens", but "lenses" tags shows up again, and I guess it makes more ...
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The "fun" tag and off-topic early questions
the inevitable Joke and Quote questions are already up... how will they be dealt with? Some have already pointed out that they are off-topic according to the FAQ... but similar questions helped to ...
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Can I ask Videography related questions?
Can I ask videography related questions on Photography Stack Exchange?
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When is Off-Topic relevant enough to be acceptable?
A thread was started earlier today, titled "What is your favorite photography joke?" There was some discussion going on in the comments of this question about whether the question was off-topic, and ...
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Should we tag by model number?
This link, amongst others, discuss the merits of particular pieces of equipment. My inclination is to tag all of these with the hardware listed in the question, but I wanted to make sure that was ...
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How local is too local?
I suspected this issue might come up when I posted a question that involved US copyright law as it relates to photographers (Fair Use):
I see there was a vote to close the question as being too ...
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How should the inevitable Canon vs Nikon (or Nikon vs Canon if you prefer) war be handled?
As this is a group of photographers, there will almost certainly be the occasional conflict between Canon and Nikon users... How will these conflicts be handled?
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Choosing a CAPTCHA Page Image
We need to choose a CAPTCHA image.
To clarify, what we're looking for is an amusing picture to go on the CAPTCHA page...along with the CAPTCHA. The image will just be for added comedic effect; it won'...
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Amusing 404 Page Not Found Image?
I don't know if you've noticed, but each SO "Trilogy" site's 404 (Page Not Found Error) has its own on-topic amusing image. This site currently has the boring "PAGE NOT FOUND :(" that every beta SE ...
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Site Attribute Questions (Top 7)
OK, so as the beta testers we're supposed to work on key aspects of the site's attributes. Taking a cue from other betas, I've made this list so we can easily find them all.
I've made this a CW so ...
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What should the domain name be? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Write an Elevator Pitch / Tagline
Note:
We are closing this domain naming thread. It is asking the entirely wrong question. See this blog post for details: Domain Names: Wrong ...