There is a relatively new (a month old) FAQ section named What Stack Overflow is Not[1]. I believe lots of new and old questions are being closed and deleted b

There is a relatively new (a month old) FAQ section named What Stack Overflow is Not[1]. I believe lots of new and old questions are being closed and deleted based on this list. For your example, a "what is best..." question would be closed under "Stack Overflow is not a Recommendation Engine". [1]: http://meta.stackoverflow.com/q/128548/151459 http://meta.stackoverflow.com/q/128548/151459