user32: For our purposes let's assume someone is attempting to meditate using a Buddhist-style of meditation or meditate within a Buddhist framework.
Are attempts to determine ways of improving the meditation experience, attempts to diagnose those problems, etc on-topic for the purposes of this site? 

user32: My own answer on this one is that I firmly believe that such questions should be on-topic for the purpose of this site. If we look, for example, at the question from MartialArts.SE of How can I keep my back straight in my horse stance? we see a question about a personal challenge with a particular aspect that can benefit from experience.
In Buddhism in particular many challenges also have years of history and doctrinal support (as @senshin says), so I think allowing the questions in general is a good policy. 

user199: Since meditation is such an important part of (most) Buddhist practice, it would strike me as very strange for questions about it be considered off topic. However, if that decision was made, I'd suggest changing the group name from "Buddhism" to "Buddhology" or "Buddhist Studies".

user18: The problem is that answers would be subjective, and thus choosing a best answer would be as well. Something like "What does Buddhism (or [type] Buddhism) say about [meditation experience]?" instead of "What do I do when [meditation experience] occurs?" might work.

32: <p>For our purposes let's assume someone is attempting to meditate using a Buddhist-style of meditation or meditate within a Buddhist framework.</p>

<p>Are attempts to determine ways of improving the meditation experience, attempts to diagnose those problems, etc on-topic for the purposes of this site? </p>
 32: <p>My own answer on this one is that I firmly believe that such questions <em>should</em> be on-topic for the purpose of this site. If we look, for example, at the question from MartialArts.SE of <a href="https://martialarts.stackexchange.com/q/1664/11">How can I keep my back straight in my horse stance?</a> we see a question about a personal challenge with a particular aspect that can benefit from experience.</p>

<p>In Buddhism in particular many challenges also have years of history and doctrinal support (as @senshin says), so I think allowing the questions in general is a good policy. </p>
 199: <p>Since meditation is such an important part of (most) Buddhist practice, it would strike me as very strange for questions about it be considered off topic. However, if that decision was made, I'd suggest changing the group name from "Buddhism" to "Buddhology" or "Buddhist Studies".</p>
 18: <p>The problem is that answers would be subjective, and thus choosing a best answer would be as well. Something like "What does Buddhism (or [type] Buddhism) say about [meditation experience]?" instead of "What do I do when [meditation experience] occurs?" might work.</p>
