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This site will allow anyone interested in QA at any level of experience ask any QA related questions from methodologies to tools. – Todd Bumbarger Jun 9 '10 at 17:13

So in other words, you want SO-like SQAforums? – Helen Jun 21 '10 at 17:40

There are two sites that could /potentially/ roll up with this site: testing.stackexchange.com and exchange.softwaretestingclub.com – Alan Sep 8 '10 at 3:48

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merged with Selenium Apr 26 '11 at 18:10

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

87 Example Questions (10 closed)

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added by Tom Carter Jun 17 '10 at 7:06

I find the question "not a good example" as it is asked because it sounds like wikipedia or a book could be the answer. It'd be more interesting and on-topic if it asked the impact of these on product quality or how to go about surfacing complexity issues with testing. – Turker Sep 16 '10 at 0:14

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added by chills42 Jun 21 '10 at 15:35

I believe reviews/comparisons of tools would be helpful as long as they are done in a neutral point of view. – chills42 Jun 21 '10 at 15:36

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added by CrazyJugglerDrummer Jul 4 '10 at 23:21

great on topic because...there is no clear answer. – Aaron B. Jul 21 '10 at 4:06

There are probably 5000 distinct answers to this question, all of them correct in context. Too open-ended. – stack Jul 29 '10 at 23:38

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added by Crispy, edited by WikiSpeedia hang-around Jul 12 '10 at 18:40

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added by Johan Jul 15 '10 at 11:38

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added by Aaron B. Jul 21 '10 at 3:40

I think this sort of question should be allowed, because some tools don't have their own healthy user forums. And if a tool does, then "Go check out the [url for big expensive package] forums/tech support resource" is an easy answer. – Lizard Aug 3 '10 at 20:54

If it's big and expensive, it probably has a forum or support. However, the question may be more valid for the "second tier" products or open-source projects. – Alan Sep 5 '10 at 17:45

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added by Bruno Rothgiesser Jul 28 '10 at 15:57

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added by Dan Snell Sep 14 '10 at 21:24

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added by CrazyJugglerDrummer Jul 4 '10 at 23:19

closed as off topic by Warren Pena, Alister Bulman, WikiSpeedia hang-around, Tester101, cometbill Jul 14 '10 at 13:06

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.

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added by stack Jul 29 '10 at 23:43

Reworded: How is quality accountability is maintained on Agile project? – jasnow Sep 4 '10 at 21:00

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added by Lizard Aug 3 '10 at 21:08

This is a question about the programming language - not about testing – Alan Sep 5 '10 at 17:46

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added by Lizard, edited by WikiSpeedia hang-around Aug 7 '10 at 14:49

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added by user15267 Aug 10 '10 at 10:04

	@user15267: What is PCR in this context? Not polymerase chain reaction, I presume? – WikiSpeedia hang-around Aug 10 '10 at 12:46
	@user15267: is PCR "principal component regression"? - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/… – WikiSpeedia hang-around Aug 10 '10 at 12:55

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added by CBA, edited by WikiSpeedia hang-around Sep 10 '10 at 22:55

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added by Li Xiong Sep 13 '10 at 2:42

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added by Rikard Edgren Sep 16 '10 at 9:09

	This question was added twice, unclear how. I answered a 'Human Being' dialog, but have no re-collection of submitting the question twice. Either a functionality bug, or a usability issue (that I won't investigate further...) – Rikard Edgren Sep 16 '10 at 9:13
	I read at meta.stackoverflow: "There should be a "delete" option in the same line as "link" and "edit" I don't see this. – Rikard Edgren Sep 16 '10 at 11:03

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added by John Nelson Jun 2 '10 at 16:44

closed as off topic by Chris W. Rea, Jessie, Peter K., Helen, alexanderpas Jun 16 '10 at 11:45

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.

this question is too opinionated – John Nelson Jun 2 '10 at 16:45

I would agree with John. The tool itself is a matter of opinion and need. No one tool is 100% perfect and, depending upon your individual needs, one tool may be better than another. – TristaanOgre Jun 2 '10 at 17:36

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added by John Nelson Jun 2 '10 at 17:18

closed as off topic by ascarb, Warren Pena, Andrew, ancow, Shawn Chin Aug 11 '10 at 14:40

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.

This one is too specific. General data reads from a variety of sources may be more in keeping with something of general interest. – TristaanOgre Jun 2 '10 at 17:37

I don't think you can be too specific, because if the question is specific it is more likely to have an answer. – John Nelson Jun 2 '10 at 18:12

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added by Aaron B. Jul 21 '10 at 3:46

"War stories" are entertaining and educational, but I think they belong on our blogs, unless they are a relevant response to a specific question. – Lizard Aug 4 '10 at 0:51

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added by McD Jul 30 '10 at 11:09

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added by Logan Aug 3 '10 at 9:45

Too mjch "it depends" in here. Some context in the question (is the question about test management or results?) would make an answer to a question like this more actionable. – Alan Sep 5 '10 at 17:44

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added by glasnt Jun 3 '10 at 1:19

closed as off topic by John Nelson, Chris W. Rea, Steve Hook, Peter K., alexanderpas Jun 16 '10 at 11:45

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'd say that this is off-topic just because it is so open ended. Everyone will have their own opinion here. – Todd Bumbarger Jun 3 '10 at 13:07

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added by Bruno Rothgiesser Jul 28 '10 at 15:55

	I'm hoping that this proposal is concerned with software quality assurance (which encompasses software testing and other things such as software maintainability, evolutivity, robustness, performance etc). I get the impression its seen rather as a Testing question and answer site :-( – Tom Carter Aug 4 '10 at 15:48
	It should be known to all that these are not the same. A better question is 'what does quality assurance consist of more than testing; and vice versa' – Rikard Edgren Sep 16 '10 at 8:30