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We had some original thoughts here: Why Database Administrators? but that seems to read more of a "why is this site named this way" and not so much of a "we need this name". So I'm making this thread …

This is not the same as: Should we allow, even encourage, "feature comparison style" questions? Do we want to support questions such as: MySQL vs MariaDB Postgres vs MySQL Oracle vs MSSQL (I' …

I'm going to quote this Q from the "Stack Exchange Grand Central Meta" (asked by our own star GBN) How to deal with upvoted yet clearly wrong answers As others said before me, you should use the …

It sounds like you're referencing the faq which states: (and has some links, so it's worth perusing if you're at all curious) May I promote products or websites I am affiliated with here? Be careful, …

Yes. No-SQL databases are encouraged here. The intent of the site is for all non-filesystem data storage analysis, more or less. If it's memcachedb or Oracle 11G, we want to talk about it here. We on …

Blog Overflow blog anyone? If you want to help with the DBA.SE blog, here's the signup list! What is Blog Overflow? Why, to put it very simply, it's the StackExchange Community Blogging Site. In other …

I don't think this is already considered in the other list of suggested answers. Questions about ACIDity. I'm still not sure if this is for here or CompSciTheory or SO or P.SE so I'm tossing it to th …

The current name: Database Administrators dba.stackexchange.com

Edit this post and put your name on here if you want to write for the blog. Also, kindly indicate how often you think you would blog (once a week, twice a month, once a month). JColeBrand: Once a mo …

Great question. Here's my $0.05 (I'm giving you more than a tupence so deal with it). If the question is old and good, then answer it if you can. If the question is old and poor but can be edited t …

No, it should be objective and specific, and anyone should be able to see that the answer fits the question. If it can be answered one of three ways for each of three database systems, it needs to be …

Ok, so this is a site that's going to have a lot of SQL. We're going to have people posting all sorts of SQL. So the intent of this post is: "What's acceptable and what's not" SELect * frOM DUAL SEL …

We'll mock up a suitable answer here as CW next week for discussion before making it semi-official …

You may remember our topic at Blogoverflow blog anyone? If you want to help with the DBA.SE blog, here's the signup list? where we asked for volunteers to help write our blogoverflow blog, and …

Now, that being said, that's a little insensitive of me to say, because sometimes we have to ask the question and have some discussion over what makes it a great question. … But the point being, when someone with Aaron's expertise removes a comment from a query that he sees as superfluous to the discussion of answering your question, that's not something to get pissy on. …