My initial proposal is to change the [on-topic](https://askubuntu.com/help/on-topic) wording to: > ### Questions you may ask: > > ... > > [Writing software for Ubuntu or setting up a software development environment on Ubuntu](https://meta.askubuntu.com/q/20258/1165986). Note that general-programming questions are usually better suited for [Stack Overflow](https://stackoverflow.com) and *may* be closed here on Ask Ubuntu. With the link to this Meta post (or a future Community Wiki) with examples (to be added) of questions that would be appropriate and those that would not. The small wording change puts the burden on the question being *about* Ubuntu, rather than just something that the developer may be tangentially using. It also prevents [boat-meme](https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/14486/902710) types of questions, where *"on Ubuntu"* is appended just to try to make a general programming question on-topic. --- #### Examples and guidance for on-topic questions * An answer to the question is likely to be Ubuntu-specific. * Shell-scripting questions, within reason, since shell-scripting is a common system-administration task of high importance to Ubuntu users. * Installing or fixing issues with development tools or libraries on Ubuntu. More to be added #### Examples and guidance for off-topic questions To be added