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Defining site on-topic scope in help center?

Not yet. The scope of the site is still in flux; establishing what sorts of questions "work" here is something that time and experience does a far better job of than anything else. For now, ...
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Do we need a question to define what is behind the term "DevOps"?

I tend to agree, although there are some reservations which need clear answers to really make it work well. For example, when eventually a question like "What does a DevOps engineer do all day?" ...
Evgeny Zislis's user avatar
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Do we need a question to define what is behind the term "DevOps"?

The other, slightly flippant, answer to this question is: If you were to ask 10 people what DevOps is you would get 10 different answers. — DevOps.com I am also of the opinion that DevOps is a ...
Richard Slater's user avatar
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Is 'Develoment support' excluded from DevOps?

In my opinion the Development Support is a big part of what this site should be about. But this is falling victim to the general notion of the early moderators frowning on process and culture ...
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So what topics can I ask about here?

Quoting the tour: DevOps Stack Exchange is a question and answer site for software engineers working on automated testing, continuous delivery, service integration and monitoring, and building SDLC ...
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Could existing SE sites help inspire what we might ask here?

As an administrative note, unless those questions are deemed off topic on those other sites, we have no cause to remove content from another site and the reputation/ownership that goes with it. I ...
Robert Cartaino's user avatar
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Do we need a question to define what is behind the term "DevOps"?

It's difficult. For a subject like DevOps, it's very appealing to say, "Let's decide what's DevOps and what isn't, so we can just point to it when people aren't sure what it is!", or, "Let's make one ...
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Is 'Develoment support' excluded from DevOps?

and building SDLC infrastructure Building a Software Development Life Cycle infrastructure implies a cross support from ops to dev and from dev to ops. So I'd argue it is on-topic for the site. ...
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Do we need a question to define what is behind the term "DevOps"?

We deal with this problem at the Hermeneutics.SE all the time: Many questions are too broad and/or primarily opinion based. The solution is all in how you ask. So instead, of asking "What is DevOps" ...
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