On reading [The 7 Essential Meta Questions of Every Beta](http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2010/07/the-7-essential-meta-questions-of-every-beta/) I thought I should ask the question and suggest a starting point. With content unashamedly stolen from Superuser and Stack overflow.

> 
> Software Quality Assurance and Testing
>  is for professional software testers,
>  and for other related roles
>  (Programmers, Business Analysts) who
>  perform software testing as part of
>  their profession
> 
> 
> If you have a question about …
> 
> 
> * Software Testing Methodologies
> * Testing, Test Management and Defect Management tools
> * Testing techniques, such as such as scenario/use case testing
> * Unit Testing
> * Automated Testing
> * Performance Testing
> 
> 
> and it is not about …
> 
> 
> * Microsoft Team Foundation Server ALM
> * How to fake your way past a testing interview
> * Using automated tools for web spam activities
> * Debating which testing tool is better or the most popular
> * A shopping or buying recommendation for testing tools
> 
> 
> **What kind of questions should I not ask here?**
> 
> 
> You should only ask practical,
>  answerable questions based on actual
>  problems that you face. Chatty,
>  open-ended questions diminish the
>  usefulness of our site and push other
>  questions off the front page. To
>  prevent your question from being
>  flagged and possibly removed, avoid
>  asking subjective questions where …
> 
> 
> * every answer is equally valid: “What’s your favorite **\_\_**?”
> * your answer is provided along with the question, and you expect more answers: “I use **\_** for **\_**, what do you use?”
> * there is no actual problem to be solved: “I’m curious if other people feel like I
>  do.”
> * we are being asked an open-ended, hypothetical question: “What if **\_\_**
>  happened?”
> * it is a rant disguised as a question: “**\_\_** sucks, am I right?”
> 
> 
> If your motivation for asking the question is “I would like to participate in a discussion about
>  **\_**”, then you should not be asking here.
>  If your motivation is “I would
>  like others to explain **\_** to me”,
>  then you are probably OK. (The above
>  section was adapted from MetaFilter’s
>  FAQ. For more detail, see six
>  guidelines for great subjective
>  questions.)
> 
> 
> 

Thoughts ... ?