Is there a Stack Exchange site for book-specific questions (e.g., how does Harry Potter open the snitch in the 7th book)? Is/Should there be a community for this?
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Is there any Stack Exchange site where the main topic is literature?  I have tried the English Language site, but it seems that it is not the appropriate site.  Perhaps the writers site would work? But, then again, the main point is different than the one I am searching for.
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I have to admit, I didn't even know spoilers were supported until today, but really bugs me that spoilers just look like empty block quotes before you mouse over them.   Is this a spoiler or just a long empty block quote? I can't tell right away, so it would be really nice if there was some indication of which one it was so I didn't have to push my mouse all the way over to it. What can I say, I'm incredibly lazy.  vs.         I suppose the author should include something that says 'Spoilers below:', but it would be nice if there was some other indication of what it was.
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Do Stack Overflow and the other Stack Exchange sites have an API for posting questions or comments to the site? Everyone else has one (e.g., Twitter, Netflix, etc.).  If not, are there any plans to implement an API for posting content? It could perhaps use .
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I am posting this question just to get a better understanding of the questions that can be asked on Stack Overflow.  I find that  can several answers based on users opinion and cause a discussion.  Why is this a good question when several other requests for books and tutorials are not acceptable?
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How do per-site metas, such as Meta Writers Stack Exchange or Meta Stack Overflow differ from the general Meta Stack Exchange?  Where should I go to ask my question?
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And that's a good idea!  We have a lot of high quality content here, certainly enough for a small book.   I'm not saying that it necessarily has to be integrated into the main site, but this is just a suggestion if anyone wants to implement it.   Stack Exchange probably could make money selling the physical books though. CC-BY-SA allows selling, as long as you allow others to make copies of your book, and credit the author.  What Wikipedia does is you can custom order any set of articles as a book (it even has a nice set of authors at the end, to satisfy the BY part of CC-BY-SA).  This could even tie into the docs feature.
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Sometimes I want to learn about a new programming related issue—topics such as DB ORM, search indexer, identity providers, logging, etc.  When I don't know anything about a subject, I ask for benchmarks or comparisons. I got some serious answers like links to tests, pros/cons, and Gartner's reviews. I found these very constructive and helpful. But then the question was blocked or deleted. Sometimes this happens even before I get an answer.  So where would it be more appropriate to ask questions about third party products and/or open source frameworks with which I am completely unfamiliar?
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While watching Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince this morning, my son asked a lot of plot questions, and one of his inquiries about Tom Riddle stumped me. So, here I am, asking all you fine people for help!   Who knew first that Tom Riddle was the Heir of Slytherin: Tom Riddle or Dumbledore?  I would love to see a definitive canon answer to this question, if at all possible.   There were obviously different clues dropped over the years that pointed toward Tom Riddle being the Heir of Slytherin. A few examples:   Tom Riddle disclosed he could speak with snakes to Dumbledore when Tom was eleven and did not yet know the implications of being a Parselmouth. Merope Gaunt's Slytherin lineage.  The diary Horcrux and the Chamber of Secrets. The basilisk and Myrtle's death.   Is it established in canon -- in reference to the Heir of Slytherin, Dumbledore, and Tom Riddle -- who knew what, and when? Who knew first that Tom Riddle was the Heir of Slytherin?  As I already mentioned, I'm looking for an answer grounded in canon -- the books, interviews and/or quotes by J.K. Rowling, or Pottermore. Speculative answers within the spirit of canon are totally fine by me. I did search the site to ensure this question has not been asked already and I didn't find anything -- if this is a duplicate, vote accordingly :)
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I want to know which forum, in the Stack Exchange multiverse, is the most appropriate to ask questions like...      I am new to working with csv files in perl, Can someone please point me to any good references on the subject?   I know questions like these are less specific and I will get yelled at on most of the forums I use within Stack Exchange.
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I've discovered that there are many Stack Exchange sites: , ,  and perhaps others.  What are the differences between these sites, and what is  mainly about?  Where can I find a list of all the Stack sites?
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I frequent many of the SE sites, but sometimes I have a question on a topic that doesn't fit into any of the sites I've already used.  I find it difficult to find the right site (if one exists at all) for my new question. For example, I have a question about ipod functionality.  I'm not sure where to post it, so I looked at all the sites on the bottom, but didn't see anything.  I was on fitness.stackexchange.com at the time, and all of the links for different sites are blue, and they are in no order (or at least no order that I can tell) so it's very hard to parse.  I was looking for something like &quot;apple&quot; or &quot;iOS&quot; but didn't see it. Then I went to the main &quot;directory&quot; (or what I think of as the main directory) -  - again, this is very difficult to parse.  &quot;Bubbles&quot; are different sizes, and again in no specific order.  The only thing I could think to do was to actually do a text search on the web page for &quot;apple&quot;, and it wasn't there so I gave up and came here to ask. The worst part is that once I came here (meta), I glanced at the bottom of the page and immediate saw &quot;apple&quot;!  This link wasn't on the main directory, and wasn't in the collection of links on the other SE site (fitness).  So it was completely luck that I came to meta to ask this question, and the apple site happened to be in the links at the bottom of this page. Am I missing something?  Is there an easier way to find the list of SE sites?  And in general if I have a question, what's the best way to figure out what site to post it in?
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I was recently watching the movie Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets.  In the beginning you can see Draco Malfoy ripping out a page from a book in the bookstore Flourish and Blotts.  For what reason does he need this page?  I've already heard some theories about helping Hermione and Ron  with the basilisk but this sounds sort of implausible.  Could someone please explain this scene to me? AFAIK it has not been told in the books.  Note: I am searching for canon answers such as quotes from J.K. Rowling.
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So, this guy has made . Making books of SE stuff is okay, but two rules need to be followed:   Attribution License the work under CC-BY-SA as well   This  claims that the books do attribute properly. I find it unlikely that he has properly licensed the books under CC-BY-SA though, given that he's selling them as eBooks. It's possible, but it's dubious (why do people buy them if they can get them for free?)  Could someone investigate. CC-BY-SA is important, it what keeps things open.  Again, I'm fine with him selling books, but not violating creative commons.  (P.S. The other problem I have with it is the covers are really bad.)
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There is . Is the site appropriate for stuff related to requesting frameworks and libraries? Or should we have another site for that (e.g. name it Frameworks Recommendations or stuff alike)?  I can ask stuff there like: I need a software satisfying W, X, Y, and Z, but I'd like -some day- ask like: I need a Python library satisfying W, X, Y, and Z. The audience may be (and perhaps will be) different.    Is that website on-topic for stuff like that? Or should we open another proposal for that?  No: It's not about asking for a giga-dump for subjectivish questions. The linked-to-dupe question was written and answered with an old mindset and without Software Recommendations in mind. Also it does not consider this specific kind of questions but all the crap in one place. So, no,  is not an appropriate dupe mark for this question.
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I'm starting to write a book on . Since I've been contributing on this tag for a long time, I had the opportunity to read &amp; answer several interesting threads on Stackoverflow related to this technology.  I would like to discuss some of the interesting cases published on Stackoverflow in my book, and I wonder if I could use the images and code shared on those threads in it.  I'm hoping somebody from StackExchange could clarify about the copyright status of the material shared on Stackoverflow questions/answers.
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can anybody tell me which one of these is the correct one? I have been searching all over the internet but I have still got no answer.  Types of books Types of book
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How, within any one of the Stack Exchange sites, or from the Stack Exchange site itself, do I search and find the link to a Stack Exchange site by title, versus by content of the questions inside those sites? Specifically, the end result of the search should not return links to particular questions in that site, but only to the links to the "top" of the site such as .  This is not the same as . That is a different (albeit quite useful) use case from this one.