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Nice very Defined on what he wants – Daniel Dec 24 '13 at 22:06

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added by DDR Dec 19 '13 at 17:57

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added by kdzia, edited by SF. Dec 19 '13 at 11:02

Why the downvote? Please leave a comment as to explain why you think this question isn't a good fit. – kdzia Nov 18 '13 at 11:30

Maybe because it's "paid", not "payed"... or maybe because you're not seeking for a recommendationn – l19 Nov 27 '13 at 23:58

This isn't an actual question that would appear on the site. It requires the blanks to be filled in. Rather than upvoting this, it would be more useful to upvote several examples that actually have the blanks filled in. This question can't be "answered", but question of this format with the blanks filled in can be. – Stephen Ostermiller Dec 6 '13 at 19:38

You are basically restating the entire purpose of the site in broad generalities. This isn't an example question. It's almost circular. Sometimes a question can become so overly generic, it doesn't help define the site at all. Questions that start to look like *"How do it [this] a [that]" aren't generally accepted because they can fit virtually any definition of a site. Please ask questions you would actually ask on the site. Thanks. – Robert Cartaino Dec 9 '13 at 0:39

I replaced the blanks with a software and a task. But I think blanks can be very useful to define the scope of a site. Isn't it better to have one question like What is a good maps software for [Country]? upvoted quite high, than having the three questions What is a good maps software for Spain? , What is a good maps software for Germany? , What is a good maps software for Russia? dangling somewhere in the low upvotes? This might happen if several examples that actually have the blanks filled in are posted. – kdzia Dec 9 '13 at 10:39

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added by almousawi Dec 18 '13 at 13:06

Is this question downvoted only because it is for Android? If so how about a program that downloads wikipedia, saves it on a SD card which is then used offline on an Android device? – Tim Dec 19 '13 at 10:33

Probably because Wikipedia already offers this functionality with "Print/Export" – Bernhard Dec 31 '13 at 11:37

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added by Judith Dec 15 '13 at 18:22

I admit that I do not understand the question, but it sounds like an appropriate question for SuperUser "How do I enable x86 Windows applications to run on a Surface with RT?" – Tim Dec 15 '13 at 22:57

@Tim Appropriate for Superuser doesn't necessarily mean it will be inappropriate here. There will be some overlap. As an example, questions involving the Ubuntu operating system can be valid on AskUbuntu, Unix, and Superuser. – DanteTheEgregore Dec 18 '13 at 18:58

@Dante Again, I do not completely understand the question. To me it sounds like something where additional software may be needed to solve the problem, but maybe it is also possible with system tools. Also a question like "[Tool x] claims it can do this, but it does not seem to work." is more of a SuperUser question. But you are right, being on topic on another site is not a reason for being off-topic here (and I did not say that). If I would see it as off-topic I would have downvoted it... – Tim Dec 19 '13 at 0:45

@Tim: I like this question. [Tools A, B, C, D, E, F] claim to provide functionality, but I know for a fact tools A and B don't provide it (known broken). Do [C, D, E and F] lie in that matter as well, or is even one of them actually fit for my purpose?". This is a specific variant of "Does tool X provide [functionality]?" which is a better question than the general "Which tools provide [functionality]?" which seems to be fundamental to this site. This variant is one where just reading the marketing blurb is insufficient to recommend given program, you need to verify it works. – SF. Dec 19 '13 at 10:58

Gentlemen, you seem to have captured exactly my thoughts when I posed the question. – Judith Dec 19 '13 at 19:11

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added by Free Radical Dec 13 '13 at 5:54

What? It's no longer developed? In that case this is a real good question. – Stefan Jan 10 '14 at 11:03

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added by Tim Dec 11 '13 at 15:43

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added by Stephen Ostermiller Dec 3 '13 at 15:54

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added by fNek Dec 2 '13 at 10:34

discuss.area51.stackexchange.com/a/12540/5 – Robert Cartaino Dec 9 '13 at 0:33

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added by Ian Nov 29 '13 at 4:27

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added by Ian Nov 29 '13 at 4:24

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added by Ian Nov 29 '13 at 4:23

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added by l19 Nov 27 '13 at 23:55

Good question, but I would think this kind of question would rather fit into a specialized site.. took the liberty to phrase the same as suggestion for the proposal for Libraries and Information Science area51.stackexchange.com/proposals/56319/… – AardVark71 Dec 10 '13 at 8:41

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added by fNek Nov 22 '13 at 13:59

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added by kdzia Nov 15 '13 at 14:31

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added by Szymon Nov 12 '13 at 11:13

Doesn't this belong to stackoverflow.com? – l19 Nov 27 '13 at 23:55

No, it would be thrown out of there. There's a close reason about recommending tools and libraries. – Szymon Nov 28 '13 at 0:00

1. Apache PDFBox 2. Apache FOP 3. iTEXT – kosta Jan 7 '14 at 0:12

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added by Nicolas Raoul Oct 24 '13 at 7:05

This is a inherent feature of visual studio, is a question that has the correct answer "Use this little known feature of software you have" on topic here? – Oxinabox Jan 4 '14 at 13:30

I did not know that. Monodevelop users may have never used Visual Studio, despite writing C#. If Visual Studio can do this, it is a valid answer. My opinion more generally: If a user asks for a software, the question does not become off-topic just because the answer is smarter/easier than downloading a new piece of software. – Nicolas Raoul Jan 6 '14 at 1:53