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WordPress-related jQuery questions are also cool. As to "everything related to WordPress" I'd say maybe "everything 'how to' related to WordPress?" – MikeSchinkel Jun 1 '10 at 23:09

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for great off-topic :D – Armin Jun 15 '10 at 15:34

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added by rexposadas Jun 13 '10 at 0:54

I am voting off-topic for this. Its much too vague - there are no predetermined steps for something like this. A better question might be something along the lines of "In .NET xyz function could do abc behavior, is there an equivalent in wordpress?" Even with that,.. you have to watch it, its a slippery slope to becoming a PHP tutorial. – eddiemoya Jun 15 '10 at 3:17

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	I assume you mean "custom Post type". If so then the question is poorly worded. If not, I don't know what you're referring to. – John Biddle Jun 13 '10 at 16:47
	@John: I meant "nothing", I have taken the wording from another question I found here: Question: How do I add a custom post status? Author: MikeSchinkel Date: Jun 2 at 8:22 – hakre Jun 14 '10 at 6:22

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added by Vortico Jun 11 '10 at 21:25

Yes. Or really good off-topic questions. – Vortico Jun 12 '10 at 13:13

The topic description says it's for Admins, coders...This is more of an end user question which I think would be off topic and better on wordpress.org which is where most of these questions are now. – curtismchale Jun 12 '10 at 16:15

Yes, the question is written from a user point of view,. It could be re-written from the admin perspective like "How would I enable users to ...". – John Biddle Jun 13 '10 at 16:49

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Why is this not a good example? WP3 has been available as beta for a month, and this question is applicable to all MU versions as well. My goal was to find a good question for someone trying out the multi-user features of the new combined WP products. It doesn't seem to fit any of the reasons that would make a Q not a good example. – John Biddle Jun 13 '10 at 21:53

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I like this. Warrants a short answer and is a slight food for discussion. – Ekevoo Jun 11 '10 at 4:44

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added by Tim Jun 8 '10 at 18:11

Big question requiring a long answer, but right on topic IMHO – John Biddle Jun 9 '10 at 18:48

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added by Share And Follow Jun 8 '10 at 14:25

Why would this not be a good example? It's on topic, it's not obvious, and it's aimed at the right level person. – John Biddle Jun 13 '10 at 21:57

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	wordpress.org/extend/plugins/share-and-follow/… example stat page, where Chrome thinks there is 1 working and 1 broken result, yet all other browsers report 0 working and 0 broken – Share And Follow Jun 8 '10 at 8:22
	This is a browser/general net question not really specific to WordPress – curtismchale Jun 12 '10 at 16:40

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added by grm Jun 7 '10 at 12:18

While I think WP security questions are great for this site, this one is too broad to be a good question. It's too much like What makes a good theme? or How do I write a good plugin? – John Biddle Jun 9 '10 at 18:36

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added by Ash G Jun 6 '10 at 2:06

I think this will be adequately covered in Wordpress documentation and 'new feature' write-ups, and need not be covered in a place that seeks expert enthusiasts to contribute to unique high-level questions. – kevtrout Jun 6 '10 at 13:14

Makes sense. that being said, there are loads of low level questions that are getting 'on topic' votes. So it seems to be very subjective. – Ash G Jun 10 '10 at 6:55

WP 3.0 is not released yet, so no-one can tell. – hakre Jun 11 '10 at 18:08

This is a good example of the easy on-topic question that Joel warned about. It will make the site too much like every other site that answers WP questions. – John Biddle Jun 13 '10 at 22:01

@John: I did not read Joel warned about easy questions. Can you point to that? – hakre Jun 14 '10 at 6:14

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added by Ash G Jun 6 '10 at 2:02

Not sure why this is marked 'not a good example'. Its a common question that is poorly documented in wordpress – Ash G Jun 10 '10 at 6:47

@Ash G: good point. This is really poorly documented in wordpress official documentation and definitely something worth to put a good answer in here :) – hakre Jun 12 '10 at 20:00

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added by Ash G Jun 6 '10 at 1:52

	I have actually had this problem and while I found a work around, never did find out why this was happening. – Ash G Jun 6 '10 at 1:53
	Please specify "working as expected", so the question is a little bit fuzzy / unspecified but I can imagine that such can be asked. – hakre Jun 6 '10 at 20:55
	Agreed, in a real situation specifics would be needed. – Ash G Jun 10 '10 at 6:54

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added by nanda Jun 4 '10 at 13:17

Avoiding spam is a separate battle entirely. Besides, WordPress ships with Akismet out of the box. I think googling this would turn up easy answers. If someone has gotten to the point of setting up the system, creating content, and is receiving spammy comments, you should probably know how to set up a plugin to filter spam, or set up WordPress to properly moderate what kind of comments get through. – kevtrout Jun 6 '10 at 15:40

As much as it's a separate battle, that's a good beginner question. People will come to the site to ask this kind of thing anyway. – Ekevoo Jun 11 '10 at 4:41

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Agreed, not the sort of question an expert would find encouraging either. – davemac Jun 10 '10 at 11:39

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And maybe how to change the UserID of the default admin. – hakre Jun 4 '10 at 18:07

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added by WraithKenny Jun 3 '10 at 18:37

	Boy, that's a complicated question that can have a ton of different answers. No vote yet... – ZaMoose Jun 3 '10 at 20:00
	What does it matter if code is derivative of WordPress? Does that help you develop plugins/themes or administer a WordPress site? Off-topic. – Dougal Campbell Jun 4 '10 at 2:09
	Again I think this is GPL related and somehow unspecific. Maybe we should offer a GPL FAQ? – hakre Jun 4 '10 at 17:35
	Way to broad, off topic and not a '10 best' question – davemac Jun 7 '10 at 10:20
	I was going for an example of off-topic, but I guess this is not a good example :-\ – WraithKenny Jun 8 '10 at 19:44