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The final text for this post is the following:
Programming questions about game-related engines/frameworks/library API are welcome. Another reason to ask here is when one thinks that a professional game developer would give a better/different/more specific answer to the question than other programmers.
Otherwise, general programming questions more likely belong on Stack Overflow instead of here. This includes programming questions about:
- language API (e.g., how to use a
listor avectorin your favourite language),- compiler errors, linker errors, runtime errors or exceptions,
- general networking strategies,
- language construct optimization,
- etc.
As usual, some questions will be borderline, and we expect the community to vote to close them as they think.
This is based on past discussions:
- Have we abandoned the rule about generic programming questions?
- Generic programming questions are off-topic, period. Right?
- Do we still consider programming questions off topic if the context is game-dev related, but the problem turned out to be generic?
- https://meta.gamedev.stackexchange.com/questions/3/programming-questions-here-or-belongs-on-stackoverflow
We'll update the textOtherwise, general programming questions more likely belong on the Help/on-topic page with this text:
Programming questions about game-related engines/frameworks/library API are welcome. Another reason to ask here it is when one thinks that a professional game developer would give a better/different/more specific answer to the question than other programmers.
Otherwise, general programming questions more likely belong on Stack Overflow instead of here. This includes programming questions about:
- language API (e.g., how to use a
listor avectorin your favourite language),- compiler errors, linker errors, runtime errors or exceptions,
- general networking strategies,
- language construct optimization,
- etc.
It will be replacing this segment:
General programming questions more likely belong on Stack Overflow instead of here. A good rule of thumb is to ask yourself...
Would a professional game developer give me a better/different/more specific answer to this question than other programmers?
If yes, then feel free to ask it here. For more discussion on that topic, see this question on our meta site.
We need to adjust the textStack Overflow instead of Close > A community-specific reason >here. This is what's proposed for the five sections we need to supply:
Brief description (100 characters):
General programming questions should be asked on Stack Overflow.
Usage guidance (Give the user guidance as to when they should select this option. 500 characters)includes programming questions about:
Programming questions that aren't specific to game development are off-topic here, but can be asked on Stack Overflow. Language APIs, compiler/linker errors, exceptions, language-specific optimization, etc. are not specific to game development, unless a professional game developer would give a better/different/more specific answer to the question than other programmers. More details on [help/on-topic].
- language API (e.g., how to use a
listor avectorin your favourite language), - compiler errors, linker errors, runtime errors or exceptions,
- general networking strategies,
- language construct optimization,
- etc.
Post notices > Close description (When a post is closed with a single community-specific close reason As usual, this will messagesome questions will be displayed publicly above any private guidanceborderline, 500 characters)
Programming questions that aren't specific to game development are off-topic here, but can be asked on Stack Overflow. More details on [help/on-topic].
Post notices > Post owner guidance (Provide meaningful actions a user can take to either get their question reopened or have a more favorable outcome in the future. 500 characters)
Programming questions about game-related engines/frameworks/library API are welcome, as are questions where a professional game developer would give a better/different/more specific answer to the question than other programmers.
Otherwise, general programming questions more likely belong on Stack Overflow instead of here. More details on [help/on-topic].
This question is considered general programming by those who voted to close.
Post notices > Privileged user guidance (Provide guidance for users with the reopen privilege so they can constructively engage the post owner and reopenwe expect the question if appropriatecommunity to vote to close them as they think. 500 characters)
If the question can be answered easily in comments, then please do so, then suggest to the user the terms to use for this issue in a search engine, as searching properly can prove to be a challenge for a new developer.
The previous text was (simply):
Programming questions that aren't specific to game development are off-topic here, but can be asked on Stack Overflow. A good rule of thumb is to ask yourself "would a professional game developer give me a better/different/more specific answer to this question than other programmers?"
What's next?This is based on past discussions:
- If you see typos, grammar, spelling issues, please edit the post and fix them, or add a comment.
- If you have more substantial improvements to suggest, please create an answer.
- If nothing major comes up, we'll go ahead with the update of this close vote reason. We'll update this post so that it contains only the relevant stuff (e.g. we'll remove the text proposals).
- We'll lock the first post that discusses this topic and add a link to here as a follow-up.
- If you have questions and comments, we'll be happy to address them in the comments here.
- Have we abandoned the rule about generic programming questions?
- Generic programming questions are off-topic, period. Right?
- Do we still consider programming questions off topic if the context is game-dev related, but the problem turned out to be generic?
- Programming Questions: Here or "Belongs on Stackoverflow"?
- This question's revisions
