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Why is a question about AWS Slow Query logs offtopic on Super User? Where would it be on topic?
Mokubai, I do appreciate the info, thank you. Think through it - if the help center only mentions 'home' in one place, and the RDS tag fits ... yes, I put things in the wrong place, but you can see that someone would. I still recommend someone change the about page on SU to say "Home computer hardware" and "home computer software" as it's honestly not clear. I'd also add under the "Not about" to say "Not about Cloud Providers such as AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud". It really isn't clear. The only time 'home' is used is for "Home computer networking". I did check that page before posting.
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Why is a question about AWS Slow Query logs offtopic on Super User? Where would it be on topic?
@Mokubai that's not the tag that was used though - it was RDS. THAT tag doesn't have the qualifiers you're using.
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Why is a question about AWS Slow Query logs offtopic on Super User? Where would it be on topic?
That may be, but there's a dozen questions directly hitting RDS logs. To downvote my question because the spaces description isn't clear is egregious. If I'm asking the question - it's evidence there's a problem. If it was obvious, I wouldn't have to ask. A downvote to the question is a downvote for SU's metadata.
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Why is a question about AWS Slow Query logs offtopic on Super User? Where would it be on topic?
I HIGHLY recommend someone change the about page on SU to say "Home computer hardware" and "home computer software" as it's honestly not clear. I'd also add under the "Not about" to say "Not about Cloud Providers such as AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud". It really isn't clear. The only time 'home' is used is for "Home computer networking"
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Why is a question about AWS Slow Query logs offtopic on Super User? Where would it be on topic?
I hear you. I thought maybe it was Remote Desktop Services - which probably is an SU thing - but no, it says Amazon RDS. I did recreate the itinerant question over on Serverfault. It also has an RDS tag. I will say, this has been very frustrating. I really did spend over an hour figuring the right place, and did it based on that tag and the older question. The three people that closed my question never left a single comment.
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Why is a question about AWS Slow Query logs offtopic on Super User? Where would it be on topic?
Sure, but it would clearly be worth the effort to remove the tag, as it leads to misunderstandings. Or is it impossible to remove a tag that's already assigned to a question?
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Why is a question about AWS Slow Query logs offtopic on Super User? Where would it be on topic?
I thought about DBA, but it's not SQL on AWS. The DBA site is about SQL questions or SQL setup. This is about log aggregation and storage. And yea, I looked at DevOps. Thank you for a clear response, btw.
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Why is a question about AWS Slow Query logs offtopic on Super User? Where would it be on topic?
Ah, got it. Who in the world runs RDS on their home machines? Or is this a duplicate acronym? I only posted the question here as there were other RDS questions here.
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Why was my question marked as offtopic?
I have a paltry 156 over here, but I'd agree, it's clearly on topic.
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Why was my question marked as offtopic?
Welcome to SU. Frustrating. I feel your pain.