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Meta Should recommendation questions be on-topic?

Home Improvement seems like a site where recommendation type questions might happen quite frequently, including product/component recommendations as well as tool recommendations. I think these can ...

3 answers  ·  posted 1y ago by Lundin‭  ·  last activity 1y ago by matthewsnyder‭

#3: Post edited by user avatar Lundin‭ · 2023-09-26T06:18:56Z (about 1 year ago)
Italics formatting was destroyed because of previous edit
  • Home Improvement seems like a site where recommendation type questions might happen quite frequently, including product/component recommendations as well as tool recommendations. I think these can be categorized as:<ol>
  • <li>Which kind of technology/type of component/tool is most suitable for the job?
  • <li>What parameters are important when buying tool _x_?
  • <li>Which brands of product/component/tool/household appliance are recommended?
  • <li>Where can I buy _x_? Including vendor- and pricing-related questions, possibly quite localized.
  • </ol>
  • Which of these topics should be on-topic at Home Improvement (if any) and in what form?
  • Home Improvement seems like a site where recommendation type questions might happen quite frequently, including product/component recommendations as well as tool recommendations. I think these can be categorized as:
  • 1. Which kind of technology/type of component/tool is most suitable for the job?
  • 2. What parameters are important when buying tool _x_?
  • 3. Which brands of product/component/tool/household appliance are recommended?
  • 4. Where can I buy _x_? Including vendor- and pricing-related questions, possibly quite localized.
  • Which of these topics should be on-topic at Home Improvement (if any) and in what form?
#2: Post edited by user avatar Olin Lathrop‭ · 2023-09-26T02:40:57Z (about 1 year ago)
Changed to numbered list to make items easier to talk about.
Should recommendation questions be on-topic?
  • Home Improvement seems like a site where recommendation type questions might happen quite frequently, including product/component recommendations as well as tool recommendations. I think these can be categorized as:
  • - "Which kind of technology/type of component/tool is most suitable for the job?"
  • - "What parameters are important when buying tool _x_?"
  • - "Which brands of product/component/tool/household appliance are recommended?"
  • - "Where can I buy _x_?" Including vendor- and pricing-related questions, possibly quite localized.
  • Which of these topics should be on-topic at Home Improvement (if any) and in what form?
  • Home Improvement seems like a site where recommendation type questions might happen quite frequently, including product/component recommendations as well as tool recommendations. I think these can be categorized as:<ol>
  • <li>Which kind of technology/type of component/tool is most suitable for the job?
  • <li>What parameters are important when buying tool _x_?
  • <li>Which brands of product/component/tool/household appliance are recommended?
  • <li>Where can I buy _x_? Including vendor- and pricing-related questions, possibly quite localized.
  • </ol>
  • Which of these topics should be on-topic at Home Improvement (if any) and in what form?
#1: Initial revision by user avatar Lundin‭ · 2023-09-25T13:14:32Z (about 1 year ago)
Should recommendation questions be on-topic?
Home Improvement seems like a site where recommendation type questions might happen quite frequently, including product/component recommendations as well as tool recommendations. I think these can be categorized as:

- "Which kind of technology/type of component/tool is most suitable for the job?" 
- "What parameters are important when buying tool _x_?"
- "Which brands of product/component/tool/household appliance are recommended?"
- "Where can I buy _x_?" Including vendor- and pricing-related questions, possibly quite localized.

Which of these topics should be on-topic at Home Improvement (if any) and in what form?