Let me have a go at the current rules of:

> **In:** computer hardware, computer software, or personal and home computer networking.
>
> **Out:** electronic devices, media players, cell phones or smart phones or game consoles, except insofar as they interface with your computer.

I would suggest something like:

> **In:** Computer technology and computer hardware, software, networking and
> auxiliary devices, for the purpose of improving understanding, usage,
> or just making things work.
>
> **Out:** Special-purpose electronic devices such as media players, phones
> and game consoles,
> except when networked to computers or running a general-purpose operating
> system (such as routers or Embedded Windows).

Note:
Judging by the number of upvotes on the post, I'm not the only one that
finds the rules somewhat confusing.
This is just a first try that I'm putting up. I'm not asking here for
a vote on including it in the help, as that's for the moderators,
so **there is no point in downvoting**.
Criticism or suggestions would help.
It's very difficult to phrase a rule that is both general and precise
at the same time.

EDIT:

I can see that we are back to analyzing each (un)closed post
and giving opinions on each and every case, whether
closure was correct or not, just like it was done here in Meta in
countless other posts, with everyone having his own interpretation
of the rules, the best demonstration that we do need clarifications.

Conclusion: Site rules are like the weather - everyone talks about
it but nobody does anything.

I have tried to suggest one improvement, but as it was received very negatively,
I'm stopping here.