Questions tagged [scope]
Questions about what is on-topic or off-topic and why.
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Politics vs Economics
There have been quite a few economics questions that have been asked here in the last week or so.
Most of these questions are actually good economics questions but not really about political ...
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would this question be on topic, or spamming?
I want to ask about these kids that apparently have sued Westlake High. There was a senior who was suspended for self defense. He's suing the school. I heard the court was going to hear his case. This ...
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Is the ratio of moderation for politics.se considerably higher than the original stack exchanges? And can we maintain the required ratio indefinitely?
After reading various politics.meta questions, the following question has occurred to me:
Is the ratio of moderation:site content for this stack exchange considerably higher than the original hard-...
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Are questions about the hypothetical effects of a policy on topic?
Why don't we pay food stamps and unemployment benefits indefinitely to stimulate the economy?
This question is asking why we do not change the policy to widen the effects that are seen.
We can ...
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Are questions asking to validate correctness/truthiness of a non-political statement by a politician on-topic?
Representative Bramby, Downhill, TX-J said in a campaign speech yesterday that 100% of convicted murderers in Texas were from public school system and not one of them was homeschooled. Is that true?
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Is this sort of question on topic?
I'm preemptively making this post in anticipation of likely objections to a question that I had just asked right now: What has Barack Obama Done Regarding Torture and Indefinite Detention?.
The ...
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Is a question about the effects of climate on political loyalty on topic here?
I asked this question about the effect of climate on Union-Confederacy loyalties in the Civil War on the history site? https://history.stackexchange.com/questions/8309/what-are-exceptions-to-the-...
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Revisiting a question from Area 51
https://area51.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/3303/how-will-politics-se-keep-from-being-a-discussion-board
How will Politics SE keep from being a discussion board?
It appears that the majority of ...
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Why isn't this site called “Government and Politics”?
When I hear the word "politics" I think of strategies to acquire power to affect changes in the law, but the scope of this site seems to be much broader. All questions regarding the mechanics of ...
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On the question "What is the success rate for non-violent revolutions" and why I consider it is not too broad or open
The question https://politics.stackexchange.com/q/981/130 has been closed by Robert Cartaino. Quoting his comment:
This is a very broad, open question that isn't likely to be very quantifiable. As ...
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Do we allow different political views?
We all know that politics are opinions and a very subjective topic, but I think the site will be too dull if we add too many constraints. How do we solve this problem?
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Are "is X constitutional" questions in-scope?
We have so far had a couple of questions of the form "is 'X' constitutional?" (as applied to USA). Ex: Is the PATRIOT ACT constitutional?
Should such questions be in scope at all?
The cons include ...
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Are requests for references on-topic?
Some SE sites seem to dislike requests for references.
Are we considering the following two questions on-topic:
What is a good book which covers in-depth topic XYZ [from ABC angle]?
Seems like very ...
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Are "Is Wikipedia right" questions welcome?
I have previously asked:
How do we feel about "General Reference" questions that are somewhat answered on Wikipedia?
The answers and comments to that question basically boiled down to ...
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Are legal questions on-topic?
Possibly related: Where/how do we draw the line between legal and political questions?
We already have quite a few questions that at least touch on law. One in particular - What is the legality of ...
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Are questions in the form of "How does X set of political views explain Y conundrum" on-topic and welcome?
1) Are questions in the form of "How does X set of political views explain Y conundrum/controvercy/objection" on-topic and welcome?
As a random example, would the following question of the type:
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How do we feel about "General Reference" questions that are somewhat answered on Wikipedia?
I was going to ask "What are the main differences between Objectivism and Libertarianism", but the Wiki already has a fairly good summary ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libertarianism_and_Objectivism )...
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How to word "advantage/disadvantage" or "arguments for/against" questions?
There seems to be some disagreement about whether "What are the advantages and disadvantages of X?" questions are on-topic for this site, with, on the one hand, a number of questions being close-voted ...
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Where/how do we draw the line between legal and political questions?
Are questions about the functioning of the state political? They might be either political or legal. For example, would it be on-topic to ask:
Is action X by president Y unconstitutional?
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I think the "just the facts" dramatically hurts this site
First off, I am a heavy user of Stack Overflow and find it's focus on questions with clear answers good (although at times I wish it allowed "what is the best..." questions). But for a site on ...
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Is politics limited to politics of public governments, or also of other bodies?
Wikipedia defines Politics as:
Politics (from Greek politikos "of, for, or relating to citizens") as a term is generally applied to the art or science of running governmental or state affairs, ...
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To what extent are policy questions on or off topic?
Most of the questions asked so far are about the political process ("What criteria does a US Presidential candidate need to meet in order to appear on the ballot?"). Some ask about the details of ...
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Is political history within the scope of the site?
Political history is on topic on our sister site, History Stack Exchange, and questions about it are mainly under these two tags:
political-history
politics
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Questions about campaigning?
Campaigning is a political process, so it's at least nominally in scope.
Our examples/first few questions seem to be centered around policy/political science.
Should questions from people aimed at ...
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What should be considered opinionated?
Politics, by its nature, is a very controversial subject. We need to draw a distinct line on what will lead to a specific answer, and what will lead to controversy.
Things like "Are conservatives ...
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How localized should we go?
It seems inevitable that we'll have country specific questions as this question assumes:
How should we tag country-specific questions?
Where do we draw the line? We probably don't want moose-jaw-...
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How to handle open-ended questions seeking opinion based answers
It is inevitable that questions like these will come up:
What are the disadvantages of first-past-the-post electoral systems?
What are the advantages/disadvantages of a mandatory voting system?
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