From some of the examples [linked to in the original post](http://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/169814/help-us-make-off-topic-close-reasons-clearer-to-the-op/169824#169824), and with some ideas from the Help Center article on [on-topic questions](http://superuser.com/help/on-topic), I tried to cover all the bullet points that Super User is **not** about. Note that some of the following reasons might overlap with *migrating* some questions, but my train of thought is that these reasons can be used for questions that could technically get moved, but would likely be closed as off-topic after doing so anyways (since we try to not migrate crap to other sites :). So, starting with the bullet point(s) the reason was derived from, followed by the reason (+description) and any other notes if applicable: --- - asking for a shopping or product recommendation > **Shopping Recommendation** > > Questions about specific product recommendations - hardware *or* software - are off-topic. A *general* guideline is to ask a question about or regarding a specific issue/problem you face. I emphasize *general* since there are interesting/theoretical questions that don't fall under this category and can still be phrased as on-topic for Super User. --- - video games or consoles - electronic devices, media players, cell phones or smart phones, except insofar as they interface with your computer > **Not About *Computer* Hardware/Software** > > Questions should relate to computer hardware/software and not to electronic devices (such as smartphones, game consoles, or media players) unless dealing with the *interfacing* of such a device with a computer. This one is pretty self explanatory, but I don't think we need to have two seperate categories for hardware *and* software - whichever is in question should be apparent already from the question itself. --- - programming and software development > **Programming/Scripting Request** > > Questions asking/requesting other users to write code are off-topic, and are also generally off topic for Stack Overflow. Programming-specific questions can be asked on Stack Overflow. I think this one will generally only get used for the coding questions that will end up getting closed on Stack Overflow anyways, but would be good to have (as coding questions to pop up on Super User rather frequently). --- - issues specific to corporate IT support and networks > **Commercial/Industrial Applications** > > Questions on Super User should deal with consumer-level hardware/software, not those used by large corporations. While some specific questions may be on-topic, questions should (in general) relate to software and hardware available for purchase and use in the residential domain. While these questions are off-topic for Super User, they may be on-topic for Server Fault. Again, this one might get used more like the previous one (questions that might get migrated to Server Fault but don't because they'd get closed there anyways). --- The only bullet I have yet to come up with a conclusive reason for is: - websites or web services like Facebook, Twitter, and WordPress Largely because we can migrate these questions to WebApps.SE now, but as I mentioned before, I think it may be worth having another off-topic label for those questions which *could* be migrated (like some of the ones above), but *shouldn't* be, since they would be closed anyways.