#The Nature of Scope Decisions

#Questions About Other Operating Systems

##The Important Considerations

##When It Comes to Reinstalling a Non-Ubuntu OS

###These Questions Really Are Fundamentally Different

###The First Question Serves an Important Purpose for Our Community

###Where to draw the line?

#Overlapping Scopes

##Many Questions Are On-Topic on Multiple SE Sites

##Closure Considerations

##Questions Here Are Questions For Us

The Nature of Scope Decisions

Questions About Other Operating Systems

The Important Considerations

When It Comes to Reinstalling a Non-Ubuntu OS

These Questions Really Are Fundamentally Different

The First Question Serves an Important Purpose for Our Community

Where to draw the line?

Overlapping Scopes

Many Questions Are On-Topic on Multiple SE Sites

Closure Considerations

Questions Here Are Questions For Us

Many users, including yourself, have noticed that some other sites in the Stack Exchange network overlap in scope with Ask Ubuntu (as well as with each other). Most AU questions would be on-topic for Unix.SE, and most would also be on-topic for Super User. A significant minority might be on-topic for Server Fault. (That's not an exhaustive list of overlaps!)

Many users, including yourself, have noticed that some other sites in the Stack Exchange network overlap in scope with Ask Ubuntu (as well as with each other). Most AU questions would be on-topic for Unix.SE, and most would also be on-topic for Super User. A significant minority might be on-topic for Server Fault. (That's not an exhaustive list of overlaps!)

Being about non-Ubuntu operating system X, whether that be Windows, Mac OS X, Fedora, Haiku, or any other OS, doesn't necessarily make a question off-topic for Ask Ubuntu. Not being about Ubuntu is what makes a question off-topic. Of course, there's still lots of room for disagreement. The FAQ addresses what's on-topic in some detail, but there's still plenty of potential ambiguity.

• How to remove Ubuntu and put Windows back on?

• http://askubuntu.com/questions/161554/help-installing-windows-xp-from-ubuntu-i-made-a-backup-iso-in-windows-and-done [For the 10K users]

In the first one, while some information in the answers is specifically about Windows, the question is essentially about Ubuntu. This can be illustrated by this very creative paraphrase:

In the second one, the OP is asking:

Being about non-Ubuntu operating system X, whether that be Windows, Mac OS X, Fedora, Haiku, or any other OS, doesn't necessarily make a question off-topic for Ask Ubuntu. Not being about Ubuntu is what makes a question off-topic. Of course, there's still lots of room for disagreement. The FAQ addresses what's on-topic in some detail, but there's still plenty of potential ambiguity.

• How to remove Ubuntu and put Windows back on?

• https://askubuntu.com/questions/161554/help-installing-windows-xp-from-ubuntu-i-made-a-backup-iso-in-windows-and-done [For the 10K users]

In the first one, while some information in the answers is specifically about Windows, the question is essentially about Ubuntu. This can be illustrated by this very creative paraphrase:

In the second one, the OP is asking: