Questions tagged [off-topic]
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Can we re-open the door to something a little like photo critique?
See How can we do photo critiques? and Should Photo Critiques be allowed? for previous discussion. It's generally been the consensus in the past that this is outside the charter of the site.
But our ...
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Why are printers, earplugs, and shoes on topic, but not video, graphic editing, or computer vision?
We have this question about earplugs What kind of earplugs are best for concert photography?, which has remained open by consensus despite some interest in closing it as off-topic. There's also this ...
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Are questions about industrial optics on topic?
Recently I saw two questions pop up that didn't jump out as photography themed: What does "distortion <XX%" mean in lens specs? and How to read a lens spot diagram?. After a response from ...
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Proposed "soft-landing" for "what camera" questions.
This is building on an idea from this discussion about equipment recommendations. The idea is that we'd have a "soft landing" post which "I am new; what camera should I buy?" questions could be marked ...
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Should we encourage / allow comments with helpful advice to questions we know will be closed?
This is a followup to Short answers as comments — please resist the urge and to Removed comment.
It is often the case that we get questions asking for camera shopping advice, or which are otherwise ...
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Where do we draw the line on Photoshop and similar questions?
Possible Duplicates:
Where is the right stackexchange site to post photoshop questions (here or superuser) ?
Is this the appropriate place to ask questions about how to accomplish an effect in ...
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Request: Change "using photographic equipment" to "using photographic equipment (in the context of photography)"
This has come up before, but mostly in the context of video (see What is meant by "photographic equipment" as reference in the help center?), although it's also a frequent issue around ...
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Why is there no general off-topic flag?
If I want to flag a question as off-topic I only get two choices:
Questions seeking product or service recommendations are off-topic because they tend to become obsolete quickly. Instead, describe ...
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Are questions about scientific photography on topic?
Scientists in many fields use still photography in their research. However, the exact camera specifications and details of their needs are often quite different than those of photographers whose ...
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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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Move off-topic questions
Will there be an option to move off-topic questions to superuser when the site goes live?
There will of course from time to time come questions like this one (where the only relation to photography ...
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Are homework questions on or off topic?
There's a question that's just been added to the main stack which reads very much like a homework question with three combinations of:
I have this focal length, ISO, aperture and shutter speed on a ...
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Questions about (famous) photographers
Would this be on or off-topic? Somebody's rare work, prints' availability, techniques, setups, books?
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In-sufficent Off-topic flagging options [duplicate]
It seems that there is a bug with the off-topic flagging as there is only the option to migrate to meta. There should at least be one other option.
This has also been brought up several times since ...
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Can we modify the "shopping" close reason to include more than just "out-of-date quickly"?
Currently, the "shopping" close reason says
Questions seeking product or service recommendations are off-topic because they tend to become obsolete quickly. Instead, describe your situation and the ...
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Could we have done better with this budding new biz question?
Question...in question?
As it stood, I think it wasn't quite the best question. But, I think there is the making there for a good-subjective question by going down one of two roads.
Path 1: We set ...
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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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What is meant by "photographic equipment" as reference in the help center?
I recently posted a question that was put on hold as off-topic. I understand that questions about videography are off-topic here on Photo.SE (as discussed here), and this question is by no means a re-...
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Questions about devices which take pictures, but where the camera is not the "first" feature: on-topic?
The question How to get photos off iPhone 4 wirelessly has generated controversy about whether it is on topic. Is it?
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