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I think that geographically-specific questions are perfectly appropriate, as long as they are tagged as such. Think of how Stack Overflow is so successful in having vary narrowly-targeted programming questions, about obscure languages. I think that same success will probably apply to this audience as well. – pkaeding Jun 30 '10 at 23:00

I suspect that when we get to 100 users with 200+ reputation, we should work on some of the larger reputation members re-committing. – Pearsonartphoto Nov 7 '11 at 4:31

merged with The Great Outdoors, Camping, Survivalism May 4 '11 at 22:34
merged with Backwoodsmanship May 4 '11 at 22:33
merged with Hiking May 4 '11 at 22:31
merged with Mountaineering and Climbing (including Indoor… May 4 '11 at 22:30
merged with Fishing and Hunting May 4 '11 at 21:54

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

71 Example Questions (8 closed)

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up vote 21 down vote

added by pkaeding Jun 30 '10 at 23:03

	There is two question regarding bear that are almost the same. Anybody can merge? – Guillaume Coté Jan 17 '11 at 23:33
	Do not have a merge option :) – Aim Kai Jan 25 '11 at 12:55

up vote 20 down vote

added by sixtyfootersdude Jun 17 '10 at 19:58

Close -- I'd rather see something like "What special gear will I need for camping in freezing temps?" – David Lambert Jan 13 '11 at 22:51

up vote 20 down vote

added by sixtyfootersdude Jun 17 '10 at 20:00

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added by Aim Kai Jun 15 '10 at 12:12

up vote 19 down vote

added by tengu Jun 22 '10 at 18:25

up vote 15 down vote

added by tengu, edited by gkrogers Jan 8 '11 at 10:30

This is one of those questions that, while on-topic, should probably be reworded, as it is currently worded as a closed question (i.e. instead of encouraging explanations, it seems to beg a "yes" or "no" answer). "How does..." would be better. – HedgeMage Nov 23 '10 at 0:23

up vote 14 down vote

added by sixtyfootersdude Jun 17 '10 at 20:00

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added by Paul Cline Jul 23 '10 at 6:22

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added by pkaeding Jun 30 '10 at 22:57

	great question!! +1 – studiohack Aug 31 '10 at 1:12
	Why is this not a good example? I think it is one of the best questions here! – Jan Hlavacek Jan 21 '11 at 22:29

up vote 6 down vote

added by Mark Rogers Jan 9 '11 at 16:25

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added by Dan Moulding Jul 10 '10 at 13:22

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added by John Jan 9 '11 at 2:40

up vote 5 down vote

added by Pekka Jan 10 '11 at 2:32

up vote 4 down vote

added by tengu Jun 22 '10 at 18:24

up vote 3 down vote

added by Aim Kai, edited by gkrogers Jan 8 '11 at 10:28

	I don't think that this is useful because it is too location specific. Could be useful IFF it was posted with a location specific tag. – sixtyfootersdude Jun 17 '10 at 19:56
	I think this is off topic here. Much better suited for something like area51.stackexchange.com/proposals/6591/travel – Jan Hlavacek Jan 6 '11 at 20:38

up vote 3 down vote

added by sixtyfootersdude Jun 17 '10 at 19:58

My next question would be "What is a portage?" ! – matt burns Aug 22 '10 at 22:41

up vote 2 down vote

added by Aim Kai Jun 4 '10 at 13:01

I don't think that this is useful because it is too location specific. Could be useful IFF it was posted with a location specific tag. – sixtyfootersdude Jun 17 '10 at 19:56

or if the question was asking how to adjust to altitude in general? – studiohack Aug 31 '10 at 1:11

up vote 2 down vote

added by dsims Nov 6 '10 at 22:30

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added by NES Dec 23 '10 at 16:23

Why is this not a good example? Would the person who voted it as such please elaborate? – Jan Hlavacek Jan 21 '11 at 22:27

up vote 2 down vote

added by NES Dec 23 '10 at 16:40

Why 5? What kind of tour? Are you saying you need any other luggage besides this: toulavci.com/obrazky/usarna1.jpg or this: tinyurl.com/23po29u :) – Jan Hlavacek Jan 7 '11 at 3:31

up vote 2 down vote

added by Pekka Jan 10 '11 at 2:35

up vote 2 down vote

added by CharkAttax Jan 10 '11 at 3:03

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added by Seanland Jan 16 '11 at 0:58

up vote 1 down vote

added by Richard Jun 17 '10 at 11:43

	I think that this is a valid question BUT I don't think that it is a great question because it is geographically limited. – sixtyfootersdude Jun 17 '10 at 20:03
	It is specific, but it's a fine example of a good question – matt burns Aug 22 '10 at 22:40

up vote 1 down vote

added by tengu Jun 22 '10 at 18:24

up vote 1 down vote

added by pkaeding Jun 30 '10 at 23:05

A better question might be what are the best active backpacking/hiking podcasts? – ashansky Jan 25 '11 at 20:35

up vote 1 down vote

added by NES Dec 23 '10 at 16:13

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added by gkrogers Jan 8 '11 at 10:37

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added by Pekka Jan 10 '11 at 2:31

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added by Pekka Jan 11 '11 at 19:23

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added by Pekka Jan 11 '11 at 19:24

up vote 1 down vote

added by Seanland Jan 16 '11 at 1:00

up vote 1 down vote

added by goric Jan 17 '11 at 16:52

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added by goric Jan 17 '11 at 16:55

up vote 1 down vote

added by Jan Hlavacek Jan 24 '11 at 15:34

up vote 1 down vote

added by Jan Hlavacek Jan 24 '11 at 15:40

up vote 1 down vote

added by Jan Hlavacek Jan 24 '11 at 15:42

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added by Aim Kai Jun 4 '10 at 12:55

I don't think that this is useful because it is too location specific. Could be useful IFF it was posted with a location specific tag. – sixtyfootersdude Jun 17 '10 at 19:56

Yeah I think a location tag might be useful as I would imagine certain people would want to know about certain areas. – Aim Kai Jun 18 '10 at 6:29

Location tags would explode in quantity because of the huge possible variations in scale (e.g. Asia, UK, Wiltshire, Newcastle-under-Lyme). Unless there was some best-practice on scale (country and/or city maybe). – Stuart Pegg Sep 26 '10 at 17:41

this is really interesting, and I think what could make this site really useful - location-specific info (maps, seasonal pointers, safety issues, etc.) would be great to include – msulis Dec 17 '10 at 2:51

as for location-specific tags, it seems like that would work itself out - for example around here in Oregon the logical divisions would be "Coast Range", "Cascades", or "High Desert". Other regions would have different logical divisions, and I would think you'd have to let people propose their own – msulis Dec 17 '10 at 2:53

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up vote 0 down vote

added by William Jul 8 '10 at 11:46

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added by Paul Cline Jul 28 '10 at 15:45

closed as off topic by studiohack, fruight, Pekka, joshdick, HedgeMage Nov 23 '10 at 0:25

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.

too regional, localized – studiohack Aug 31 '10 at 1:10

I don't know - I think this sort of regional, localized, and even highly transitory info would be great to include – msulis Dec 17 '10 at 2:49

@msulis: This would be much better to ask on some local discussion forum. The questions here are supposed to stay for ever, and even if someone answers this, the answer will be useless several weeks later. I think somewhat better question would be: "The road to ... is frequently washed out. Anybody knows a way (forestry service, local mountaineering club, ...) to find out the current state of the road?" – Jan Hlavacek Jan 7 '11 at 3:53

Not only regional in space, but also in time. The answer to now will vary every day. – Guillaume Coté Jan 18 '11 at 14:52