Questions tagged [scope]
Use this tag when examining what is on-topic or off-topic, and why.
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List of everything that has been declared on or off topic on the Outdoors.SE
It would be nice to get a list of all of the topics that have been declared on or off-topic in one place.
What I am thinking is a community wiki list with the name of the topic and a link to the meta ...
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Is urban exploration on-topic?
Recently, two questions on urban exploration / urban geocaching were asked:
How to deal with aggressive homeless when exploring urbex?
Urbex question: How to protect myself from asbestos?
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Which sports need to be discussed?
This question raised a relevant discussion, which sport should be on-topic and which not. The problem is, that it's pretty subjective whether one is considered "outdoorsy".
We've chatted a little ...
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On questions about equipment comparison / shopping recommendations
There have been some questions lately asking about particular features of particular pieces of equipment, or comparing specific features of two specific options. These questions seem to be drawing ...
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Should questions about legality be allowed?
This was brought up in the comments on this question*. There was another question regarding the legality of camping that did not elicit such a response (though it was brought up in a question about ...
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Does outdoors include Sailing, Climbing, Kayaking and other pursuits?
Just wanted to check, as so far the majority of questions seem to be around walking/hiking. I hope wider pursuits are also welcome, and have questions in these areas, but wanted to check the community ...
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Is asking about shuttle services for trail heads off topic?
Backpackers sometimes require shuttle services to get to trail heads. Sometimes the same services can also be used for slack packing.
Are these type of questions welcome on TGO.
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Historical Questions
Is it appropriate to ask historical questions about the great outdoors on our forums?
For instance, I have had no luck answering the following question:
What gear did John Muir actually take on ...
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What questions about flora are in scope?
A question of mine about tree identification, What's the difference between a redwood and a sequoia? was migrated to the gardening and landscaping section. While identification of plants is certainly ...
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Questions relating to identifying geological landmarks
This question here, asks if anyone knows what the mountain in the background picture is. Should we be keeping these questions open? If yes, where is the end to "identify the mountain/dessert/ocean" ...
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Which archery sports are on-topic on TGO?
This question about on-topic sports launched a discussion about archery and its on-topic'ness on The Great Outdoors.
There are many sub disciplines - some of which seem to be more obviously outdoor-...
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Scope, from the tour: "Focus on questions about an **actual problem** you have faced."
This question what-would-cause-gelcoat-in-a-boat-repair-not-to-harden
Interesting question with a researched answer but I am not seeing how it is in scope as defined in the tour.
Focus on ...
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Are hunting questions on topic for the Great Outdoors?
Are questions related to the sport of hunting (and fishing) on topic for The Great Outdoors Stack Exchange?
If you visit the Area51 proposal, you'll see that Fishing and Hunting has been merged into ...
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Are "car camping" questions on topic here?
For example, this question about ice in a cooler. I am afraid that if we open the site to questions like that, soon we will have questions about RV's and campers and portable gazebos and whatnot.
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Would railbiking be on topic?
Would questions about railbiking be considered on topic on the main site?
Railbikes are normal bikes that are temporarily modified to be use on abandoned railway lines, many of which go great ...
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Is off-roading (4x4) on topic?
I can't remember this being covered elsewhere, and I know it's another "is it on topic" question - but would we cover questions about off-roading on topic, say on quad bikes or 4x4s? I'd argue that ...
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Are questions about tracking on-topic for this site?
The question that piqued my interest isn't directly related to tracking, because the animal in question has been extinct for a few dozen million years: What species of dinosaur made these 3 toed 6 ...
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Is Skateboarding ontopic?
We've the tags surfing and snowboarding. Especially "snowboarding" implies that skateboarding should be definitely on-topic since it evolved from it.
The development of snowboarding was inspired ...
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Is on-road driving on-topic?
There is consensus that offroading (4×4) is on-topic.
How about driving on roads? Some roads are very remote and driving such roads may require preparation for survival-like situations. Although I ...
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Should the motivation of a question and not the activity determine whether it's on topic or not?
The tag wiki for the knots tag currently reads "utility of or method of tying knots for use in any of the following activities" followed by a bullet list of a few obviously outdoor-related activities.
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Should Birding be on topic on TGO
Birding, Bird watching, whatever we call it, should the hobby of birding be on topic to TGO?
Edit: I removed link to the originating question, because I realize the quality (or lack thereof) of that ...
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Are Make Your Own Gear questions relevant to TGO SE?
MYOG (e.g., homemade alcohol stoves or tarp-tents) is a fairly specific activity that is related to the outdoors. Questions about MYOG probably fall in the DIY tag.
There already exist specialized ...
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Is asking for recommendations of books ok?
To me this would seem on topic (as long as they're books on topics to do with the great outdoors of course.) I have however had questions closed for this reason on SO before, so wanted to check - what ...
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Species Identification
Just curious, there have been a couple questions pertaining to identification of species, how do these questions differ from these. Just trying to keep things consistent on what is on topic/off topic....
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Is general sightseeing on-topic?
Are general sightseeing questions on-topic on The Great Outdoors?
For example, a recent question, which the author deleted, asked about how many covered bridges people could drive across in Maine, ...
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Do we really want to ban hypothetical questions?
Despite being shot down earlier, it is again being debated whether or not hypothetical questions should be allowed and whether we should abide by the "Real problems or questions that you’ve ...
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Would questions about historic outdoorsmanship be on-topic here?
I recently got inspired by this video by a group called Hands on History:
Hiking like a Viking
Essentially the group does hiking trips while carrying/wearing only items such as Viking people would ...
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Let's fill out the on-topic page
I just VTC'd a recommendation question using custom text (the only other option was "price shopping" and it wasn't exactly that). The OP replied that they had checked the help pages and didn't see ...
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What exactly is a "shopping" question?
We keep going round and round and round on this, and don't seem to be able to decide on what is, and what is not a shopping question.
I have split this into 5 parts so we can vote on each ...
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Apocalyptic questions?
There are regularly proposals at Area51 for things were the majority of the content falls into TGO scope. Many of the example questions have to do with weapons or survival.
I was thinking about a ...
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Sports-Questions relying on significant Infrastructure
The Great Outdoors is home to many questions related to various sport activities performed, well, outdoors: mountain biking, kayaking, sailing, climbing, etc. come up frequently, and are - in my ...
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Expand scope to welcome The Armory?
There's a perennial proposal in Area 51 (current incarnation is called The Armory) that's essentially half on-topic here, and half off-topic. A firearms SE actually made it to beta some years ago ...
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How far to go with too localized?
There are a few questions which I feel may be too localized, but I'm not quite ready to use the close vote. A few examples.
Are there beaches on the East Coast (US) where one can camp without a ...
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What sorts of recommendation questions are on-topic?
I figure we should start talking now about the types of questions that we know will come up sooner or later. So let's start with recommendations.
There are two types of recommendation questions I ...
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Would a "what bit me" question be on topic?
Let's please begin with the understanding that I have already sought and received professional medical care.
I have in my travels encountered some critter, which had some venom. It seems this ...
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How do we handle health related topics?
This question about pain related to an old fracture made me think about what kind of health question should be on topic here on TGO. There were many well-received first-aid questions and questions ...
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Caving proposal
There is a new caving proposal in Area 51. It seems to me that most, if not all the sample questions that got upvoted would fit perfectly well in TGO. So far they only have 12 followers, with 2 of ...
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Is trail running an appropriate topic here?
Are questions about trail running good for this site? It certainly has relevance to the outdoors, but is it appropriate here? If not which SE site is the right fit? I checked out the Physical Fitness ...
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Parkour on or off topic?
As the title really - it's done outdoors, but would this more come under the sports proposal? Not that I have any specific question that I wanted to ask - just curious... :-)
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Does Indoor Climbing belong on TGO?
The title pretty much says it all. I've always just thought of indoor climbing as a subset of climbing, which is an outdoor sport (and I know nothing about either one). But is it legitimate here?
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Should animal behavior be on topic
In my opinion, animal behavior as asked in the question below relates closely to identification and other fauna questions addressed in these other Metas. However given the disagreement (multiple ...
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Is beachcombing on-topic?
Is beachcombing an outdoor activity? Are beachcombing questions on-topic?
For example, a photo of something odd found on a beach somewhere in the world, with the question: what is this?. Or ...
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Are questions about gold panning as a hobby or sport on-topic?
Are questions about gold panning as a hobby or sport on-topic at The Great Outdoors?
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Is river navigation in scope?
I have been looking for references to support a 3000+ mile river journey. There are several references available, but I have not found a single home for them. This journey is in the US and even the ...
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Would questions about the availability of military style obstacle course trails be on topic?
Do military style obstacle course trails exist in a completely forested setting and open to the general public?
I am interested in knowing if there are any military style obstacle course trails that ...
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Would questions about beekeeping and colonising be on topic, and desired, here?
There's a Beekeeping proposal which has a good amount of activity, including 61 followers and 67 questions. It has been growing steadily, so I definitely don't think it falls into the criteria for ...
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Is asking the best / cheapest place to purchase something off topic?
For instance, if I asked for the cheapest place (online) to buy genuine paracord in the UK, would that be considered off topic?
I'm in two minds about it really. On the negative side we don't want it ...
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Are questions on repairing typical outdoors clothes and footwear ontopic?
Suppose I want to ask a question about how I can seal the hole on my shoes outsole (that appeared after I stepped onto a nail) with enough details on the shoe material of course. That looks like ...
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Would skydiving questions be considered on-topic?
I see it as part of the great outdoors, but I'm not sure if it would benefit the general public community.
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Is hitchhiking on topic?
Is hitchhiking on topic, or should I ask such questions at the travel-site? For me it is somehow outdoor-related, because I often travel this way to my starting points, druing the trip or back home, ...
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