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Community feedback: What type of questions can I ask here? 

There is a new page [What type of questions can I ask here?](https://software.codidact.com/help/on-topic) (found under Help -> Guidance.) I'll quote it as whole below, for convenience.

Please give feedback on _specific_ items in the list that you agree or don't agree with and post a proposed change, so that the community can vote agree/disagree with your answer. This includes change of wording etc. If something is missing that you feel should be added to either on-topic or off-topic, please propose that too.

In order to label something "community consensus", we should preferably have a strong majority for/against. (Voting on this particular question here is kind of meaningless, please vote on answers.)

One item at a time please! Don't hesitate to post several answers. 

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> What type of questions can I ask here?
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> Software Development Codidact is for software developers, people who like writing code. We tend to consider that the best questions include some source code, but some without might also fit.
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> To better understand what is on-topic and what is offtopic, please read the following sections.
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> **On-topic**
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> - questions about software design, software architecture, or modeling
> - questions related to software design/review - what item goes where when using a certain technology stack
> - questions about the software development process and project cycles specific to software engineering (requirements, design, testing, etc)
> - questions about best practices as long as enough detail is provided to answer using external references or expertise consensus
> - questions related to software life cycle management, including build configurations, version control, release, and deployment.
> - questions dealing with how to write software documentation
> - questions about SQL programming
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> **Off-topic**
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> - questions asking for implementing a certain feature (or homework). You should include your (partially working) trials in the post
    asking to explain what a certain code does.
> - questions about computers or software that are not connected to software development/engineering
> - questions about the system, network, or server administration
> - questions about embedded systems programming (microcontroller programming, hardware description languages, RTOS questions, PLC programming). Please use Electrical Codidact instead.
> - questions about which tools, frameworks, or technologies to use, unless they are directly related to development (e.g. code, schema changes documentation tools)
> - asking about project management of software projects
> - asking about software licensing
> - questions containing errors caused by typographical errors, as it is very unlikely to be useful in the future
> - questions about database administration
>
> It is important that your question contains enough information that another person can use to help you. After writing the post, please take a couple of moments to review it.