<p>In a thread on the main site someone said very elementary questions are off topic</p>

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<p>It looks like someone upvoted his comment so maybe he's right. Around that same time @gung told me to be cautious answering the question so I asked him/her about this matter and the response was</p>

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<p>So apparently there's some disagreement on this. </p>

<p>Are very elementary questions off topic and, if so, what is the definition of very elementary? </p>

<p><strong>Edit</strong>: Here is a follow-up comment from Dr. Michael Chernick in response to what I said above: </p>

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