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^{(summary of July 29th discussion at Whiteboard)}

At help/on-topic page...

...bullets in about list look OK to keep as is:

• software requirements
• software architecture and design
• algorithm and data structure concepts
• quality assurance and testing
• development methodologies and processes
• software configuration management
• software engineering management
• software licensing

_{Note in past discussions there were some doubts whether licensing belongs. Current plan is to consider this a minor issue that can be clarified later per separate meta discussion. (since this part of Help Center is mod editable, adding and removing bullets is a lightweight change)}

...not-about list is to be made smaller, with bullets as proposed by Robert Harvey:

• We don't do code troubleshooting here, so if your question is about how to fix your broken code or how to use your programming tools, ask it on Stack Overflow, making sure that you provide a minimal, complete, and verifiable example.
• Please make sure that your question is directly related to the Systems Development Life Cycle . Avoid peripheral issues such as product recommendations, career or education advice, product support or legal matters

^{Note above phrasing is tailored for using at [help/dont-ask] page where we would like it to move, and such a move would require CM to agree and do the page edit. In case if it is going to get to "not about" part at [help/on-topic] page we will tweak the phrasing to make it read smoother over there, that is when followed by words "not about..."}

With regards to overlapping sites, current stats suggest that we better keep migration options as is.

Later though this may be reconsidered:

If the name change is successful and the number of questions migrated to SO and/or the number of code debugging questions drops, I think it's something to revisit for sure.

^{(summary of July 29th discussion at Whiteboard)}

At help/on-topic page...

...bullets in about list look OK to keep as is:

• software requirements
• software architecture and design
• algorithm and data structure concepts
• quality assurance and testing
• development methodologies and processes
• software configuration management
• software engineering management
• software licensing

_{Note in past discussions there were some doubts whether licensing belongs. Current plan is to consider this a minor issue that can be clarified later per separate meta discussion. (since this part of Help Center is mod editable, adding and removing bullets is a lightweight change)}

...not-about list is to be made smaller, with bullets as proposed by Robert Harvey:

• We don't do code troubleshooting here, so if your question is about how to fix your broken code or how to use your programming tools, ask it on Stack Overflow, making sure that you provide a minimal, complete, and verifiable example.
• Please make sure that your question is directly related to the Systems Development Life Cycle . Avoid peripheral issues such as product recommendations, career or education advice, product support or legal matters

^{Note above phrasing is tailored for using at [help/dont-ask] page where we would like it to move, and such a move would require CM to agree and do the page edit. In case if it is going to get to "not about" part at [help/on-topic] page we will tweak the phrasing to make it read smoother over there, that is when followed by words "not about..."}

With regards to overlapping sites, current stats suggest that we better keep migration options as is.

Later though this may be reconsidered:

If the name change is successful and the number of questions migrated to SO and/or the number of code debugging questions drops, I think it's something to revisit for sure.

^{(summary of July 29th discussion at Whiteboard)}

At help/on-topic page...

...bullets in about list look OK to keep as is:

• software requirements
• software architecture and design
• algorithm and data structure concepts
• quality assurance and testing
• development methodologies and processes
• software configuration management
• software engineering management
• software licensing

_{Note in past discussions there were some doubts whether licensing belongs. Current plan is to consider this a minor issue that can be clarified later per separate meta discussion. (since this part of Help Center is mod editable, adding and removing bullets is a lightweight change)}

...not-about list is to be made smaller, with bullets as proposed by Robert Harvey:

• We don't do code troubleshooting here, so if your question is about how to fix your broken code or how to use your programming tools, ask it on Stack Overflow, making sure that you provide a minimal, complete, and verifiable example.
• Please make sure that your question is directly related to the Systems Development Life Cycle . Avoid peripheral issues such as product recommendations, career or education advice, product support or legal matters

^{Note above phrasing is tailored for using at [help/dont-ask] page where we would like it to move, and such a move would require CM to agree and do the page edit. In case if it is going to get to "not about" part at [help/on-topic] page we will tweak the phrasing to make it read smoother over there, that is when followed by words "not about..."}

With regards to overlapping sites, current stats suggest that we better keep migration options as is.

Later though this may be reconsidered:

If the name change is successful and the number of questions migrated to SO and/or the number of code debugging questions drops, I think it's something to revisit for sure.

^{(summary of July 29th discussion at Whiteboard)}

At help/on-topic page...

...bullets in about list look OK to keep as is:

• software requirements
• software architecture and design
• algorithm and data structure concepts
• quality assurance and testing
• development methodologies and processes
• software configuration management
• software engineering management
• software licensing

_{Note in past discussions there were some doubts whether licensing belongs. Current plan is to consider this a minor issue that can be clarified later per separate meta discussion. (since this part of Help Center is mod editable, adding and removing bullets is a lightweight change)}

...not-about list is to be made smaller, with bullets as proposed by Robert Harvey:

• We don't do code troubleshooting here, so if your question is about how to fix your broken code or how to use your programming tools, ask it on Stack Overflow, making sure that you provide a minimal, complete, and verifiable example.
• Please make sure that your question is directly related to the Systems Development Life Cycle . Avoid peripheral issues such as product recommendations, career or education advice, product support or legal matters

^{Note above phrasing is tailored for using at [help/dont-ask] page where we would like it to move, and such a move would require CM to agree and do the page edit. In case if it is going to get to "not about" part at [help/on-topic] page we will tweak the phrasing to make it read smoother over there, that is when followed by words "not about..."}

With regards to overlapping sites, current stats suggest that we better keep migration options as is.

Later though this may be reconsidered:

If the name change is successful and the number of questions migrated to SO and/or the number of code debugging questions drops, I think it's something to revisit for sure.

^{(summary of July 29th discussion at Whiteboard)}

At help/on-topic page...

...bullets in about list look OK to keep as is:

• software requirements
• software architecture and design
• algorithm and data structure concepts
• quality assurance and testing
• development methodologies and processes
• software configuration management
• software engineering management
• software licensing

_{Note in past discussions there were some doubts whether licensing belongs. Current plan is to consider this a minor issue that can be clarified later per separate meta discussion. (since this part of Help Center is mod editable, adding and removing bullets is a lightweight change)}

...not-about list is to be made smaller, with bullets as proposed by Robert Harvey:

• We don't do code troubleshooting here, so if your question is about how to fix your broken code or how to use your programming tools, ask it on Stack Overflow, making sure that you provide a minimal, complete, and verifiable example.
• Please make sure that your question is directly related to the Systems Development Life Cycle . Avoid peripheral issues such as product recommendations, career or education advice, product support or legal matters

^{Note above phrasing is tailored for using at [help/dont-ask] page where we would like it to move, and such a move would require CM to agree and do the page edit. In case if it is going to get to "not about" part at [help/on-topic] page we will tweak the phrasing to make it read smoother over there, that is when followed by words "not about..."}

With regards to overlapping sites, current stats suggest that we better keep migration options as is.

Later though this may be reconsidered:

If the name change is successful and the number of questions migrated to SO and/or the number of code debugging questions drops, I think it's something to revisit for sure.

^{(summary of July 29th discussion at Whiteboard)}

At help/on-topic page...

...bullets in about list look OK to keep as is:

• software requirements
• software architecture and design
• algorithm and data structure concepts
• quality assurance and testing
• development methodologies and processes
• software configuration management
• software engineering management
• software licensing

_{Note in past discussions there were some doubts whether licensing belongs. Current plan is to consider this a minor issue that can be clarified later per separate meta discussion. (since this part of Help Center is mod editable, adding and removing bullets is a lightweight change)}

...not-about list is to be made smaller, with bullets as proposed by Robert Harvey:

• We don't do code troubleshooting here, so if your question is about how to fix your broken code or how to use your programming tools, ask it on Stack Overflow, making sure that you provide a minimal, complete, and verifiable example.
• Please make sure that your question is directly related to the Systems Development Life Cycle . Avoid peripheral issues such as product recommendations, career or education advice, product support or legal matters

^{Note above phrasing is tailored for using at [help/dont-ask] page where we would like it to move, and such a move would require CM to agree and do the page edit. In case if it is going to get to "not about" part at [help/on-topic] page we will tweak the phrasing to make it read smoother over there, that is when followed by words "not about..."}

With regards to overlapping sites, current stats suggest that we better keep migration options as is.

Later though this may be reconsidered:

If the name change is successful and the number of questions migrated to SO and/or the number of code debugging questions drops, I think it's something to revisit for sure.