I'm a little unsure about how strict we should be in regards to what questions we think are appropriate and which questions are not.

I kind of think if we start closing questions that are not technical enough or are too vague then we run the risk of alienating novice users that have just started using Drupal.

Drupal has a very high learning curve and one of the hardest things when starting out is knowing what modules to use.

The kind of questions that I think should be closed are:

• Questions that are about issues with a specific module. These types of questions should be made on the module's issue queue. We should be friendly and point the user there.
• Questions that are not related to Drupal at all. Like "How do I style this form?" which is a CSS question.
• Questions that are just lazy. Like "How to install Drupal or Module x" or "Write me a module".

I've seen so many posts on Drupal where a novice user askeds a simple question and has had frankly rude answers back from more experienced users because either the orignal question was too vague or was in the wrong place etc or did not use right terminology etc.

If we're going to call this site Drupal Answers I think we have to expect all sorts of questions and where we do have questions that are maybe not ideal I think we need to be helpful and kind to each one unless the question is totally taking the p***.

The most important thing for me is that we keep this site friendly. So if we do have to close topics, we are nice about it and don't just reply with "read our rules".

I'm really excited about this site and hope it will turn out to be a great resource for all types of users at all levels.

What does everyone else think?

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I'm a little unsure about how strict we should be in regards to what questions we think are appropriate and which questions are not.

I kind of think if we start closing questions that are not technical enough or are too vague then we run the risk of alienating novice users that have just started using Drupal.

Drupal has a very high learning curve and one of the hardest things when starting out is knowing what modules to use.

The kind of questions that I think should be closed are:

• Questions that are about issues with a specific module. These types of questions should be made on the module's issue queue. We should be friendly and point the user there.
• Questions that are not related to Drupal at all. Like "How do I style this form?" which is a CSS question.
• Questions that are just lazy. Like "How to install Drupal or Module x" or "Write me a module".

I've seen so many posts on Drupal where a novice user askeds a simple question and has had frankly rude answers back from more experienced users because either the orignal question was too vague or was in the wrong place etc or did not use right terminology etc.

If we're going to call this site Drupal Answers I think we have to expect all sorts of questions and where we do have questions that are maybe not ideal I think we need to be helpful and kind to each one unless the question is totally taking the p***.

The most important thing for me is that we keep this site friendly. So if we do have to close topics, we are nice about it and don't just reply with "read our rules".

I'm really excited about this site and hope it will turn out to be a great resource for all types of users at all levels.

What does everyone else think?

This question was originally posted on What questions are on-topic, and what questions are off-topic?