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I know about www.instructibles.com and other DIY sites, but its only for specific topic and applications, and if we have SO-Like site for this, we can freely ask any questions and answer it. – uray Jul 14 '10 at 9:13

@uray: what is an instructible? (Or instructable? - instructibles.com redirects to instructables.com) Some information that is submitted to a website called Instructables (URL instructibles.com)? – WikiSpeedia hang-around Jul 14 '10 at 11:21

This proposal is now in the Commitment phase — example questions are locked!

32 Example Questions (5 closed)

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up vote 14 down vote

added by uray, edited by WikiSpeedia hang-around Dec 18 '11 at 10:58

Why would this be OFF topic? – Heath Hunnicutt Jul 23 '10 at 16:04

I think it's on topic, but I used up my votes :P – naugtur Aug 11 '10 at 10:42

This would be on topic at superuser.com - so there's already an SE site covering it - so it would be offtopic here. – Torben Gundtofte-Bruun May 9 '11 at 8:12

Isn't this question a bit 'too DIY' for superuser.com? – Veger Sep 14 '11 at 14:53

Yeah, I think superuser.com would be problematic for this question, but it might be a good topic for electronics.stackexchange.com – Karl Katzke Sep 27 '11 at 15:34

up vote 12 down vote

added by avee Jul 14 '10 at 10:24

up vote 11 down vote

added by avee Jul 14 '10 at 9:17

Seems legit. Why the off-topic vote? – Jaime Pardos Sep 19 '10 at 14:59

up vote 11 down vote

added by Kyra Jul 29 '10 at 16:23

up vote 10 down vote

added by uray, edited by WikiSpeedia hang-around Jul 14 '10 at 11:24

and connect it to a web server for web-based administration? – avee Jul 14 '10 at 9:19

do you mean for employee punch card replacement? perhaps using RF-ID? good idea. – uray Jul 14 '10 at 9:26

Would this also belong on the home automation Q&A site? – blueberryfields Dec 8 '10 at 21:53

up vote 10 down vote

added by Kyra Jul 14 '10 at 14:51

up vote 10 down vote

added by Isentropic, edited by WikiSpeedia hang-around Dec 18 '11 at 10:57

up vote 10 down vote

added by Heath Hunnicutt Jul 15 '10 at 19:38

Intended on-topic. – Heath Hunnicutt Jul 15 '10 at 19:43

i think maybe a bit broad in scope – Robert S Ciaccio Aug 17 '10 at 23:53

Would be very broad as electrical code varies a great deal from jurisdiction to jurisdiction. – BBlake Sep 3 '10 at 17:58

Possibly on-topic at diy.stackexchange.com already. – Karl Katzke Sep 26 '11 at 5:55

up vote 10 down vote

added by Heath Hunnicutt Jul 15 '10 at 19:39

Intended on-topic. – Heath Hunnicutt Jul 15 '10 at 19:43

Possibly on-topic at diy.stackexchange.com already. – Karl Katzke Sep 26 '11 at 5:57

up vote 10 down vote

added by Jaime Pardos Sep 19 '10 at 15:10

Would this be on-topic or would this be better at electronics.stackexchange.com ... ? – Karl Katzke Sep 27 '11 at 15:33

up vote 9 down vote

added by sawa Sep 18 '11 at 20:08

up vote 3 down vote

added by EJC, edited by WikiSpeedia hang-around Dec 18 '11 at 10:56

up vote 3 down vote

added by haimg Oct 3 '11 at 4:35

up vote 2 down vote

added by Kyra Jul 29 '10 at 16:22

up vote 1 down vote

added by Heath Hunnicutt Jul 15 '10 at 19:39

closed as off topic by naugtur, BBlake, EJC, blueberryfields, Jeffrywith1e Apr 30 '11 at 1:41

This question does not relate to the topic of the proposal.
It was closed as part of an automated migration of off-topic to close votes on September 29, 2011.

People do this. Intended borderline because it's close to medical advice. – Heath Hunnicutt Jul 15 '10 at 19:43

up vote 1 down vote

added by Abhishek Sakhaparia, edited by WikiSpeedia hang-around Dec 18 '11 at 10:54

up vote 1 down vote

added by petrichor Dec 1 '11 at 13:21

up vote 0 down vote

added by Kyra Jul 14 '10 at 21:05

closed as off topic by uray, EJC, blueberryfields, Phil, Jeffrywith1e Apr 30 '11 at 1:41

This question does not relate to the topic of the proposal.
It was closed as part of an automated migration of off-topic to close votes on September 29, 2011.

I dunno... I'd say the labels, etc are legit DIY, but am not sure about the specific question. Perhaps a specific question about how to use, say, The Gimp for making invitations would be more on-topic... – Jaime Pardos Sep 19 '10 at 15:03

covered by superuser.com – Torben Gundtofte-Bruun May 9 '11 at 8:14

Topic seems legit. They want to do a particular project, and asking for an appropriate too to do so without spending money. Thing of a non-geeky user (like your mother/grandmother) asking this question who may not know about gimp or how to use it... – Tevo D Dec 1 '11 at 16:09

up vote 0 down vote

added by Tim Jul 11 '11 at 23:47

Possibly on-topic at diy.stackexchange.com already. – Karl Katzke Sep 26 '11 at 5:56

up vote 0 down vote

added by Artem Kaznatcheev Sep 5 '11 at 3:21

up vote 0 down vote

added by Veger, edited by WikiSpeedia hang-around Dec 18 '11 at 10:56

up vote 0 down vote

added by petrichor Dec 1 '11 at 13:14

up vote 0 down vote

added by petrichor Dec 1 '11 at 13:17

up vote 0 down vote

added by FLY, edited by WikiSpeedia hang-around Jan 31 at 19:24

up vote 0 down vote

added by pansp, edited by WikiSpeedia hang-around Jan 31 at 19:25

up vote -1 down vote

added by Heath Hunnicutt, edited by WikiSpeedia hang-around Dec 18 '11 at 10:57

closed as off topic by avee, Robert S Ciaccio, Kyra, BBlake, uray Sep 22 '10 at 9:56

This question does not relate to the topic of the proposal.
It was closed as part of an automated migration of off-topic to close votes on September 29, 2011.

	Intentionally too subjective and a "good OFF topic example" I hope. – Heath Hunnicutt Jul 15 '10 at 19:42
	marked as not a good example because it's not even close to the subject matter – DForck42 Jul 5 '11 at 19:48

up vote -1 down vote

added by Kyra Jul 29 '10 at 16:22

closed as off topic by naugtur, Robert S Ciaccio, Jaime Pardos, EJC, blueberryfields Dec 8 '10 at 21:53

This question does not relate to the topic of the proposal.
It was closed as part of an automated migration of off-topic to close votes on September 29, 2011.

	DIY is most often about creating some real-life stuff. That's why I consider this off-topic – naugtur Aug 11 '10 at 10:41
	@naugtur No problem. This way we are also setting boundaries for the site. :) – Kyra Aug 11 '10 at 16:15
	Yeah, this would probably be migrated to drupal.stackexchange.com ... – Karl Katzke Sep 27 '11 at 15:32

up vote -1 down vote

added by Abhishek Sakhaparia, edited by WikiSpeedia hang-around Dec 18 '11 at 10:56

up vote -1 down vote

added by Abhishek Sakhaparia, edited by WikiSpeedia hang-around Dec 18 '11 at 10:55

	Possibly on-topic at diy.stackexchange.com already. – Karl Katzke Sep 26 '11 at 5:57
	so u down graded me on bases of possibility? dude if u got proof i will willingly accept this -1 but if not this is most unfair and rude. – Abhishek Sakhaparia Oct 19 '11 at 21:46

up vote -1 down vote

added by Abhishek Sakhaparia, edited by WikiSpeedia hang-around Dec 18 '11 at 10:55

up vote -4 down vote

added by Heath Hunnicutt Jul 15 '10 at 19:41

closed as off topic by naugtur, EJC, blueberryfields, Phil, Torben Gundtofte-Bruun May 9 '11 at 8:13

This question does not relate to the topic of the proposal.
It was closed as part of an automated migration of off-topic to close votes on September 29, 2011.

Intentionally border-line. Do-it-yourself psychotherapy with books and techniques is possible. Is it too subjective? That is why I hope it will be found borderline. – Heath Hunnicutt Jul 15 '10 at 19:42

That is a little bit too crazy I suppose :P – naugtur Aug 11 '10 at 10:39

I'm voting this on-topic. I think it could be good if it specified exactly what must be understood in the question body. However, I'd say it's too broad without some clarification. – Jaime Pardos Sep 19 '10 at 15:06

up vote -7 down vote

added by uray, edited by WikiSpeedia hang-around Jul 14 '10 at 11:26

	The question is not very clear I think. Or should be a community wiki post. – avee Jul 16 '10 at 3:34
	covered by superuser.com – Torben Gundtofte-Bruun May 9 '11 at 8:15