Questions tagged [scope]
Use this tag when examining what is on-topic or off-topic, and why.
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Is trailer camping on topic here?
I just joined this site and I just want to know if trailer camping is on-topic on this particular site. Because I have a 2010 rockwood pop-up trailer and I am not totally sure on everything I'm doing, ...
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Are questions about hunting still on-topic in 2022?
There's a hunting tag with 118 questions, two of which I have asked. Hunting is not explicitly listed as off-topic. A Meta answer from 2012, which has 20 upvotes, says hunting is on-topic. However, ...
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Is Freediving on topic?
Swimming is on topic, scuba diving is on topic, so I have no reason to believe, freediving should be off topic.
But since it's not listed on List of everything that has been declared on or off topic ...
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Would question about cabins in the woods be a good fit?
I wanted to ask a question about how to efficiently deal with flies in the cabin in the woods that has outdoor "hole" toilet.
Would Outdoors be a good fit for such a question?
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Are questions specific to sailing on topic? [duplicate]
I encountered this question just now:
What's the hardest wearing multibraid rope type?
and I wonder about a comment that was made on that question:
yes sailors or boaters have attempted many ...
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Are questions about "location which has the best X" on topic?
Suppose I want to know what the best location in the world, or in some region, is. Naturally, I am using some objective definition for "best", to make sure the question has an answer. For example,
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What do we think about Rules-of-the-Sport questions?
I have been contemplating this question: Sailing rules within three boat length circle and the comments on it. I may be overlapping a bit with this older meta Which sports need to be discussed?, but ...
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Are "what are the uses of <natural element>?" questions acceptable here?
I asked this question What are uses of red spruce (picea rubens) by humans in a wilderness, primitive, or frontier setting? and have more like it in mind. Before I post more questions like that, I ...
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Should we create a canonical question for all types of "Is doing X safe" questions?
My questions is prompted by but not limited to Do you think that camping is safe? How to stay safe while camping with my little daughter
It's a common and understandable question, but they correctly ...
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How is the question about a whether a particular weight strategy makes sense off topic?
This question was migrated to English Language and Usage (ELU) despite,
Being specifically about backpacking (there are other variations of the saying that have the subject of money or writing that ...
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What are the goals of the TGO?
There has been a lot of back and forth about scope and broadness in TGO questions.
The conversations tend to focus around how a particular question, then another does not meet someones vision of ...
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How is it in the best interest of TGO to migrate bycycle questions to other sites?
I Posted a question about bicycles at TGO and it was closed and migrated to another site.
Bikes are in scope at both bicycles.stackexchange.com and TGO
How does it benefit TGO to migrate inscope ...
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Would best locations to see X when Y questions be on topic?
So planning a scuba diving trip has got me wondering if questions where someone asks where to see specific animals/plants/natural formations would be on topic, either on a global or national scale?
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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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Are questions about items for collecting on topic?
I am not sure whether "collecting" is the appropriate word. What I mean is getting something mainly for the sake of having/displaying it, not using it. This question was triggered by a recent rifle ...
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Questions about wildlife support on The Great Outdoors
I am pretty active on Pets.se, answering questions about helping wildlife are out of scope there. A couple of days ago we got the question How to help a wild baby parrot who cannot fly? I did post ...
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List question about (paper) map series providers per country
I'm new to this SE sub-site, and think that I have a good question, but I'm not sure how to ask it the best. I've read this discussion, but still am not sure.
In many (European) countries, there's ...
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Is "How long can I trust the purity of water in a water bottle?" on topic for The Great Outdoors
I have a question about storing water when on a camping trip or on a multi-day hike. I'm hoping you can help me to determine whether or not this question is on topic for the site:
How long can I ...
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Are things that are useful in both outdoors and non-outdoors contexts on topic?
This is the broader version of a lot of smaller arguments we have been having again and again and again, so I thought it would be good to have broader one to get this figured out.
In short, we have ...
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Is "is it actually useful to ration food?" on-topic for this site?
I posted a question on this site called Is it actually useful to ration food?. Some have commented saying that it is off topic for this site, and as of writing this, it has four close votes.
When I ...
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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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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 we revisit or enforce that pistols are off topic?
We have some few (open) questions about pistols and recently a debate on whether it is on-topic came up in What is the difference between single and double action revolvers?. There are two relevant ...
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Are questions about a particular climbing grade on topic?
It seems to me that if How to progress in rock climbing after grades v4 / 5.11+? is on topic then so is how to progress past V1, V2, ..., VN and that we are going to have a bunch of boring questions. ...
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Can we open the historical footwear question?
I just came across this question again and I think we should reopen it. We have two questions on meta here and here that say that historical questions are on topic and a number of comments on the ...
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Are questions about fictional subjects on topic on Outdoors
Referring specifically to this question The question is research for a fictional world that has technology in line with that of medieval times.
Many believe it is on topic, as its been decided though ...
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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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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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Are questions regarding health issues generally off-topic?
Once again a discussion has sparked over whether a health related question should be on or off topic:
How long until I develop immunity to stomach flu / travelers' disease?
As comments got ...
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Revisiting whether identifying geological features are on topic
This meta question asks whether identifying geological features are on topic. As the votes are equally split between yes and no, and the post that started the original discussion has been reopened, I ...
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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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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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Would it be okay to ask for help finding specific books I've previously read, but forgot the author and title?
There are a couple of books (one about wolves; one about bears) that I read decades ago that I'd like to reread. I don't know the authors, I don't know the titles, but I could describe them in enough ...
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Are questions on-topic for Outdoors equipment used in degraded urban settings? [duplicate]
I was trying to figure out where to put questions about using equipment typically focused on the Great Outdoors in urban settings - although focusing on situations where the "urban" setting is heavily ...
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Want closest replacement to X
Are questions with the following structure on-topic?
I have X piece of gear that is now worn out. Unfortunately the manufacturer no longer makes X or has drastically changed X into something I don'...
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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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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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Phenomena observed outdoors — we need better criteria to determine whether they're on-topic
When exploring The Great Outdoors, we can explore many things. Essentially anything a scientist may study on a field trip could be considered "outdoors". Animal behaviour, rock formations, lake ...
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Should we discourage answers that include "satellite phone" as the solution?
I have noticed a trend where, people are asking "how to" and they are getting answers to bring a "satellite phone" and have someone else do it for you. In a recent question there are two answers and ...
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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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Questions about primitive-technology only vaguely related to TGO
Lately we have seen a bunch of questions which pertain to primitive technology and, technically are done in TGO.
How to procure and process copper in the wilderness?
How to identify and process iron ...
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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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Jury-rigging a walker for outdoor activity. Is Outdoor SE the best place?
I am still drafting the details of a question, and would like to make sure it is a good fit for Outdoors (or if not, which SE might be better).
The gist of it is that my 85-year-old and mobility-...
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Would this "indicator plant" question be on topic?
While doing gold panning in the outdoors, how is it possible to use indicator plants to assist me with finding gold along water courses?
A simple definition of an indicator plant can be found here.
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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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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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Tree care - better here or Gardening?
I live in an area recently devastated by the emerald ash borer. I and several of my neighbors were forced to spend a lot of money to take down a lot of trees, before they came down on their own ...
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Can I ask questions about things related to a zoo?
I'm curious about things having to do with zoos, and am asking for guidance about whether or not this subject is on-topic.
I imagine most of the questions would need to be localized to a city, state,...
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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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Does cooking game belong here under Hunting, or on the Cooking SE?
I am wondering if I should post questions about cooking game here, or put it under the cooking SE? For elk and venison, there are a few questions with answers there, but for duck and goose, it is ...
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