user4484: I mean are they on-topic, off-topic or what?
This meta question seems to suggest Avatar: The Last Airbender (A:TLA), The Legend of Korra (TLoK), RWBY, etc. are off-topic on this site.
However, I notice that A:TLA is discussed in the following questions:

Things that boost different bender skills
Is Aang also boosted by the comet?
Who was the first avatar?

Btw, several episodes of TLoK and A:TLA were animated by Japanese, Japanese-collaborating and South Korean companies according to these links:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Avatar:_The_Last_Airbender_episodes
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_The_Legend_of_Korra_episodes
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DR_Movie
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Studio_Mir
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierrot_(company)

Is that relevant?

Note: My question is not asking whether A:TLA, TLoK or RWBY are considered "anime". Obviously, they are American television shows. However, they are drawn anime style and thus may be of interest to people who watch anime.

Edit: A tweeted question is closed as duplicate. Interesting...

user24: Our policy has been to allow questions on these topics, as per both answers at Should we expand our scope?, which partially overrides Are questions about animations or comics inspired by Japanese culture or styles considered on-topic?. 
Essentially, what that says there (in more words) is that the scope of this site is not exclusively "Anime and Manga", but rather, that our full scope is more like "Anime, manga, etc.". We can't ever hope to fully specify what the "etc." includes precisely, and so it's subject to some discussion and may change over time. But in effect, the goal of this is to include other media and works which are closely tied to or inspired by anime and manga. There's little benefit to being overly strict in our actual scope here; kicking out otherwise good questions simply because the work isn't technically an anime or manga (though it's clearly "close enough" for most practical purposes) does nothing to help the site.
All of the works you cited reasonably fit into our scope as I see it. Determining whether an anime-style cartoon is sufficiently anime-inspired isn't so easy, but in practice the total number of cases we'll need to consider is small enough that we can just handle each one individually on meta whenever there's any serious debate.
On the other hand, while series like Avatar and RWBY are on-topic here, I don't consider them part of our core expertise, and I think most other users would agree with that. On-topic simply means the question won't be closed for being off-topic, but it doesn't mean we're always going to be the best place to get an answer for your question. You still have a good chance at getting a good answer, but it's much less than if your question was about a mainstream anime or manga series. While you can ask such questions here, you might want to consider whether a different SE site, such as Science Fiction and Fantasy or Movies and TV, would be a better venue.

4484: <p>I mean are they on-topic, off-topic or what?</p>
<p>This <a href="https://anime.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/1/is-animation-or-comics-inspired-by-japanese-culture-or-styles-considered-on-topi">meta question</a> seems to suggest <em>Avatar: The Last Airbender</em> (A:TLA), <em>The Legend of Korra</em> (TLoK), <em>RWBY</em>, etc. are off-topic on this site.</p>
<p>However, I notice that A:TLA is discussed in the following questions:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/19886/things-that-boost-different-bender-skills">Things that boost different bender skills</a></li>
<li><a href="https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/19887/is-aang-also-boosted-by-the-comet">Is Aang also boosted by the comet?</a></li>
<li><a href="https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/4973/who-was-the-first-avatar">Who was the first avatar?</a></li>
</ul>
<p>Btw, several episodes of TLoK and A:TLA were animated by Japanese, Japanese-collaborating and South Korean companies according to these links:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Avatar:_The_Last_Airbender_episodes" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Avatar:_The_Last_Airbender_episodes</a></li>
<li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_The_Legend_of_Korra_episodes" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_The_Legend_of_Korra_episodes</a></li>
<li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DR_Movie" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DR_Movie</a></li>
<li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Studio_Mir" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Studio_Mir</a></li>
<li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierrot_(company)" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierrot_(company)</a></li>
</ul>
<p>Is that relevant?</p>
<hr />
<p>Note: My question is not asking whether A:TLA, TLoK or RWBY are considered &quot;anime&quot;. Obviously, they are American television shows. However, they are drawn anime style and thus may be of interest to people who watch anime.</p>
<hr />
<p>Edit: A tweeted question is closed as duplicate. Interesting...</p>
 24: <p>Our policy has been to allow questions on these topics, as per both answers at <a href="https://anime.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/415">Should we expand our scope?</a>, which partially overrides <a href="https://anime.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/1">Are questions about animations or comics inspired by Japanese culture or styles considered on-topic?</a>. </p>

<p>Essentially, what that says there (in more words) is that the scope of this site is not exclusively "Anime and Manga", but rather, that our full scope is more like "Anime, manga, etc.". We can't ever hope to fully specify what the "etc." includes precisely, and so it's subject to some discussion and may change over time. But in effect, the goal of this is to include other media and works which are closely tied to or inspired by anime and manga. There's little benefit to being overly strict in our actual scope here; kicking out otherwise good questions simply because the work isn't technically an anime or manga (though it's clearly "close enough" for most practical purposes) does nothing to help the site.</p>

<p>All of the works you cited reasonably fit into our scope as I see it. Determining whether an anime-style cartoon is sufficiently anime-inspired isn't so easy, but in practice the total number of cases we'll need to consider is small enough that we can just handle each one individually on meta whenever there's any serious debate.</p>

<p>On the other hand, while series like Avatar and RWBY are on-topic here, I don't consider them part of our core expertise, and I think most other users would agree with that. On-topic simply means the question won't be closed for being off-topic, but it doesn't mean we're always going to be the best place to get an answer for your question. You still have a good chance at getting a good answer, but it's much less than if your question was about a mainstream anime or manga series. While you can ask such questions here, you might want to consider whether a different SE site, such as <a href="http://scifi.stackexchange.com">Science Fiction and Fantasy</a> or <a href="http://movies.stackexchange.com">Movies and TV</a>, would be a better venue.</p>
