This is the BEGINNERS & HELP BOARD a board to
+ give answers to -newbies- questions
See the unofficial rules. If the rule is applied strictly, no guides are accepted in Beginners & Help and it is place for newbies raise questions, then others leave replies to help. In reality, guides are accepted in this board and that rule is unofficial.
Beginners & Help - All primitive questions (to pros like us Cool) like "what are ASICS", "who is satoshi" and "what is mining" should stay here.
Off-topic - "Other topics that might be of interest to bitcoiners"
There are overlaps and sometimes each member and even each staff has different opinion on it. Consequently, if you report a topic like "Please move this one to Off-topic", moderator A accepts yours but moderator B won't. It depends.
Some members bring articles or phishing sites, fake application findings into Beginners & Help and accepted to be exist there. IMO, they belong to Scam accusations.
Per board descriptions above, you can see how complicated when you have to classify one thread is belong to Beginners & Help or Off-topic. Threads (guides) are related to security, privacy can be classified in Beginners & Help or Off-topic. It depends on each member, each moderator and I am sure that no one can say decision is right or wrong.
I don't know if this is official but merit giveaway alsi happens on the board
In 2017 and 2018, merit giveaway threads are immediately moved to Off-topic (community complained a lot) but recent months, I see moderators accept merit giveaway thread existence in Beginners & Help.
Summary- Use report button if you see one thread is released in inaccurate board.
- If your report fails or if you see one thread does not fit your needs, ignore it. Be simple, be kind and no need to be serious
Up till now, it is a forum limited rule:
- Members are free to move their threads back and forth.
- No limitations on how many times they can move their threads.
- No restriction if a thread was moved from original board (Beginners & Help) by moderator, it won't be allowed to move back to that board by thread owner.