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Where does one ask a question about where to ask a question?
I asked meta.codidact.com/posts/294821 on the premise that Codidact adhered to what meta.stackexchange.com/revisions/168104/3 describes. However, in retrospect, an equivalent tag does not exist, and I see no explicit guidance.
Demonstratively, meta.codidact.com/posts/search?search=Where+do+I+ask+where+to+ask returned 0 relevant results, so I hope that this isn't a duplicate.
posts/294823 could assist this in the future, but not now.
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Where does one ask a question about where to ask a question?
Good question. We don't really have a place explicitly for that. The meta categories of the individual sites are the right place to ask if a particular question is appropriate for that site. However, it's not the job of users on one site to tell you where to post questions that would be off-topic at that site.
If you think a question might be on-topic at a particular site, it is best to ask there. If you're not sure it fits any Codidact site, then it probably doesn't. In that case I don't think anyone would get upset if you ask here on meta.
Keep in mind that individual sites are more independent of the overall aggregate site than other places you might be used to. Only individual sites can tell you what their rules are. Codidact strives to minimally impose rules on subordinate sites. An example of a top-down rule is the Codidact Code of Conduct. However, what is on-topic is absolutely left to individual sites.
That said, most moderators and frequent contributors to the individual sites monitor the top-level meta (here). If you ask where something is on-topic, someone familiar with the appropriate individual site will likely chime in. Again, that should not be taken as definitive, but in practice it will be pretty good.
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