<p>There have been many threads on CV-meta about whether questions are on-topic, off-topic, are too-localized, etc.  </p>

<p>For example:</p>

<ul>
<li><a href="https://stats.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/1575/are-find-the-distribution-questions-on-topic">Are &quot;find the distribution&quot; questions on topic?</a></li>
<li><a href="https://stats.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/710/is-a-question-about-configuring-r-to-use-a-proxy-server-off-topic">Is a question about configuring R to use a proxy server off-topic?</a></li>
<li><a href="https://stats.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/492/are-the-machine-learning-questions-on-topic">Are the &quot;Machine Learning&quot; questions on topic?</a></li>
<li><a href="https://stats.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/1534/are-questions-about-terminology-off-topic">Are questions about terminology off topic?</a></li>
<li><a href="https://stats.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/1514/what-standard-should-be-applied-in-deciding-whether-a-question-requires-sufficie">What standard should be applied in deciding whether a question requires sufficient &#39;statistical expertise&#39; to be posted to CV?</a></li>
<li><a href="https://stats.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/1432/is-this-question-off-topic">Is this question off-topic?</a></li>
<li><a href="https://stats.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/1460/are-notation-questions-off-topic">Are notation questions off-topic?</a></li>
<li><a href="https://stats.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/1023/how-do-i-find-out-why-a-question-here-fails-to-meet-quality-standards/1024#1024">How do I find out why &quot;a question here fails to meet quality standards&quot;?</a></li>
<li><a href="https://stats.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/543/is-this-question-too-local/545#545">Is this question too local?</a></li>
<li><a href="https://stats.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/1692/survey-vs-survey-methodology-tags"><code>survey</code> vs. <code>survey-methodology</code> tags</a> (deleted, only visible to high-rep users)</li>
<li><a href="https://stats.meta.stackexchange.com/q/5028/1352">&quot;Where to publish&quot; questions: on-topic?</a></li>
<li><a href="https://stats.meta.stackexchange.com/q/5069/1352">Course or what to study recommendation questions on-topic?</a></li>
</ul>

<p>I offer this question as a clearing house where we can keep a running and persistent tally regarding the criteria that we use to establish whether something is on-topic, off-topic, too-localized, needs to be migrated, and/or low quality.  These criteria should only be applied to contemporary posts at the time they are made.  Criteria for deleting/closing/migrating questions made prior to the date of this post should be discussed elsewhere.</p>

<p>Please provide only one criterion per answer.  Please title your criterion so that it may be referred to in other criteria.  Please provide examples when possible.</p>

<p>Please liberally up-vote and down-vote proposed criteria.  </p>

<p>Each criterion that crosses a certain threshold of up-votes (I propose 5) should be considered to be in-force.  </p>

<p><strong>Additional Rules</strong></p>

<ul>
<li>If two criteria conflict, then the criterion with more upvotes applies, unless another criterion with more than 5 upvotes specifically addresses the case of conflict (in which case please cite the titles of the specific criteria implicated in your conflict resolution criterion). </li>
<li>If two conflicting criteria have an equal number of votes, but no de-conflicting criterion has crossed the threshold of acceptance, then  the criterion with the later original post date applies.</li>
</ul>

<p>When possible discussions should occur in chat.</p>

<p><strong>Active Chats</strong></p>

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<li>None</li>
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