Based on the results of [the vote for a change of policy](http://meta.superuser.com/questions/5045/please-vote-on-proposed-changes-to-our-policy-on-tablet-computers) we've drawn the conclusion that the majority of the users (who voted) are in favor of allowing appropriate tablet questions.

So the new policy means **we allow tablet questions**, but we don't actively encourage iOS or Android questions. Basically, this is a start of making our hardware policy more in line with our software policy. We don't tell users with Ubuntu questions to go to AskUbuntu, so starting today we'll also stop telling iPad users to go to AskDifferent.

We will also have to update our FAQ and that's where we need your help! Ironically, tablets never were explicitly mentioned on our FAQ, so I'd propose to leave them out and consider them computer/computing hardware.

Here's a draft for the new FAQ, [I used the FAQ from Math.SE as a template](http://math.stackexchange.com/faq) which points out that while certain topics are on-topic, there are also other sites on the network that **might** give you better response.

> Super User is for computer enthusiasts and power users. If you have a
> question about …
> 
> - **computer hardware**
> - **computer software**
> - **personal and home computer networking**
>
> … then this is the right place to ask!
> 
> There are certain subjects that, while still being on-topic here, 
> might get better response on our sister sites for certain niche topics:
> 
> - [**Android**](http://android.stackexchange.com) for enthusiasts, power users, and regular people who use the Android operating system
> - [**Ask Different**](http://apple.stackexchange.com) for Apple enthusiasts and power users
> - [**Ask Ubuntu**](http://askubuntu.com) for Ubuntu-related questions. It's also a place to share knowledge about Ubuntu
> - [**Unix**](http://unix.stackexchange.com) for users of Linux, FreeBSD and other Un*x-like operating systems
>
> You are still welcome to post questions from the above categories here on Super User 
> as long as they are otherwise on-topic; however, some types of questions are always considered off-topic:
> 
> - [**Stack Overflow**](http://stackoverflow.com/) for programming and code questions
> - [**Server Fault**](http://serverfault.com) for issues specific to corporate IT support and networks
> - [**Arqade**](http://arqade.com) for videogames or consoles
> - [**Web Apps**](http://webapps.stackexchange.com) websites or web services like Facebook, Twitter, and
> [**WordPress**](http://wordpress.stackexchange.com)
> - Questions about electronic devices, media players, cell phones or smart phones, except insofar as they interface with your computer
> - Shopping or product recommendations
> - Questions about the site itself — [please ask on our **Meta** instead](http://meta.superuser.com). You can also ask questions that apply to all of Stack Exchange on [Meta Stack Overflow](http://meta.stackoverflow.com), but you don't have to.

I copied the middle part straight from their respective FAQs, so don't blame the messenger. This does **not** mean we don't think Super User is a great place to ask questions about these respective topics, but just to make users aware that we're part of a larger network of great sites! 

Now that this is incorporated into our FAQ, [we'd also want to actively discourage comments pointing users to these sites][1]. **Don’t attempt to scavenge on-topic questions from other sites by asking the moderators there to migrate them to yours.** Such comments should be flagged and will get deleted. **[The only times a user][2] should be encouraged to have their question migrated** to other sites are if the question is one of the following:

- off topic here, but on topic there
- getting very few views after at least a few days, and no good answers, and you believe it might get better answers there
- the user who asks the question requests it to be moved because _they_ think it would do better there

Lastly, [I know Daniel and slhck ](http://meta.superuser.com/questions/3515/since-when-are-software-recommendations-off-topic?lq=1) want to have our (software) recommendation policy to be more clear, so if you can think of a change of wording, feel free to propose it now.

Just so everyone knows, moderators can't change the FAQ on Trilogy sites like they can on (beta) SE 2.0 sites, so we'll have to run the final thing past the team.


  [1]: http://meta.superuser.com/questions/4030/can-we-educate-users-to-stop-adding-belongs-on-xyz-se-comments-without-furthe
  [2]: http://meta.superuser.com/questions/2967/is-it-okay-to-inform-users-to-stop-promoting-apple-se-when-a-question-is-fine-to?lq=1