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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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Are questions about equipment/documentation acceptable?

Are questions like What are the most recommended guide/maps to bring on a PCT thru-hike? suitable for The Great Outdoors? The meta question was also created to avoid excessive discussions about meta …
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Are brands acceptable in questions and answers?

Brand neutral-questions are always preferred. However, sometimes it is necessary and useful to discuss specifics including brand items. Are we over-zealous when it comes to being brand neutral? Does …
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Is it acceptable for a user to have two answers to one question?

Is it acceptable for a user to post two separate answers to a single question? In which scenarios would that be acceptable? If not acceptable; why does the functionality of TGO engine allows for it?
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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 f …
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Geographical Regions Tags

What template should we follow for the the wiki summary of geographical-related tags? e.g. us canada europe new-england new-zealand alps Should we follow a format like the following: Geographica …
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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. Below is a list of e …
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Are gear list review questions on topic?

It is common for backpackers to request feedback on their gear list. However, questions of this type are sometimes closed. https://outdoors.stackexchange.com/questions/5322/hiking-camping-mount-marc …
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Merge the new-england tag and the us-new-england tag

Should the us-new-england tag be an alias for the new-england tag?
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